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Title: Democracy, power and political culture in the Pacific
Related: Journal of Pacific studies, Vol. 29, Issue 1, p.85-108
Related: http://www.usp.ac.fj/editorial/jpacs_new/index.html
Publisher: University of the South Pacific
Date: 2006
Author/Creator: Lawson, Stephanie
Description: This article illustrates some of the tensions between traditionalist conceptions of politics in the Pacific and the institutionalization of democracy, especially in relation to certain ideas about the place of 'consensus' in Pacific political contexts. It argues that although most Pacific leaders pay lip-service to the need for democracy and good governance, the mantra of consensus politics as the authentic expression of Pacific Way politics nonetheless continues to undermine their basic principles.
Description: 24 page(s)
Subject Keyword: political culture
Subject Keyword: democracy
Subject Keyword: elections
Subject Keyword: constitutionalism
Subject Keyword: good governance
Subject Keyword: consensus
Subject Keyword: Pacific islands
Subject Keyword: Fiji
Subject Keyword: Tonga
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Politics and International Relations

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