Democracy and custom in Sāmoa : an uneasy alliance / Asofou So'o.
Democracy and custom in Sāmoa : an uneasy alliance / Asofou So'o.
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Suva, Fiji : IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N320.99614/ 1
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English
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xviii, 238 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Indigenous institutions -- 2. Foreign influence 1830-1962 -- 3. Keeping the old in the new: the 1962 constitution -- 4. From consensus politics to party politics -- 5. The development of political parties -- 6. Campaign strategies -- 7. Competition and participation in Samoa's pol...
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Suva, Fiji : IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, 2008.
Date Published
2008.
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Samoa became an independent state on 1 January 1962. In moving toward independence, Samoans made it clear that they wanted a political structure that reflected custom and tradition as well as democracy. The post-independence period demonstrated the practical difficulty of reconciling the two. The author examined the co-existence of the two systems...
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Democracy and custom in Sāmoa : an uneasy alliance / Asofou So'o.
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Democracy & custom in Sāmoa.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and index.
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N320.99614/ 1
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74VMQ4K6rPAl
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9820203902
9789820203907
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991000590379702626
