Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa (Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa (Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies) Book

This study analyses the ways in which political elites use the idea of 'tradition' to legitimate certain practices and institutions. Within this framework, case studies focus on constitutional development and the chiefly power in Fiji, the monarchy and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga, and the political issues surrounding the move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticising non-Western cultural traditions, especially in terms of democratic development.Read More

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    This study analyzes the ways in which political elites use the idea of "tradition" to legitimize certain practices and institutions. Within this framework, case studies focus on constitutional development and the chiefly power in Fiji, the monarchy and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga, and the political issues surrounding the move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticizing non-Western cultural traditions, especially in terms of democratic development.

  • 0521062810
  • 9780521062817
  • Stephanie Lawson
  • 15 May 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 244
  • 1
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