Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa

by Stephanie Lawson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521062810
• ISBN13: 9780521062817
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"