عنوان
پدید آورنده
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رده
JC423 .L373 1996
JC423
.
L373
1996
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0511470169
(Number (ISBN
0511835280
(Number (ISBN
9780511470165
(Number (ISBN
9780511835285
Erroneous ISBN
0521496381
Erroneous ISBN
9780521062817
Erroneous ISBN
9780521496384
Erroneous ISBN
9780521630542
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b752753
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Tradition versus democracy in the South Pacific :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa /
First Statement of Responsibility
Stephanie Lawson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1996.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 228 pages) :
Other Physical Details
maps
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-221) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Tradition and Democracy. The Idea of Tradition. Tradition and Modernity. Tradition as Ideology. The Problem of Authenticity. Democracy -- 2. Constitutional Development, Chiefly Power and the Politics of Tradition in Fiji. The Plural Society. Colonization and Indirect Rule. The Politics of Land and Indigenous Paramountcy. Fijian Sociopolitical Structures. The Background to the 1970 Constitution. The Rise and Fall of Labour. The 1990 Constitution. Party Politics and Elections in the Republic -- 3. The Monarchy Versus Democracy in the Kingdom of Tonga. The Origins of the Political System. The Sociopolitical System. European Contact and Christian Conversion. Constitutional Development. The Reign of Queen Salote Tupou III. Transformations Under Tupou IV. The Pro-Democracy Movement. The Conservative Reaction -- 4. Preserving Tradition Through Democratization: The Introduction of Universal Suffrage in Western Samoa. The Samoan Polity. Samoa Before the Coming of Europeans. From Contact to Colonial Rule. Politics and Law after Independence: The First Twenty Years. The Rise of Political Parties and Party Politics. The Introduction of Universal Suffrage. Fa'aSamoa and Fa'amatai. The Village Fono Act of 1990 -- 5. Conclusion: Tradition Versus the West.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Lawson is critical of cultural relativism, a concept which, she suggests, limits the discussion of democracy in non-Western countries and leads to deterministic stereotypes. Relativism can also reinscribe an essentialist framework, creating an ethical void in which little of critical value can be said. She is equally skeptical, however, of universalist positions which seek to promote a single, fixed conception of democratic politics and which can be as dogmatic in assumption as relativist modes of theorizing.
Text of Note
Much recent literature on non-Western countries celebrates the renaissance of indigenous culture, Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific, however, looks more critically at Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa, showing how current movements to reclaim and celebrate 'tradition' may protect the power and privileges of indigenous elites and promote political conservatism. Stephanie Lawson argues that opposition to 'Western' democracy in the name of 'tradition' is not necessarily representative of indigenous people at the grassroots level, and is often carefully manipulated to benefit an elite.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Tradition versus democracy in the South Pacific.
International Standard Book Number
9780521496384
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Democracy-- Oceania, Case studies.
Démocracie-- Océanie-- Cas, études de.
Democracy.
Démocratie-- Fidji.
Démocratie-- Samoa (îles)
Démocratie-- Tonga.
Democratie.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Science.
Political Theory of the State.
Politics and government.
Politischer Wandel
Traditionele samenleving.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fiji, Politics and government.
Samoa, Politics and government.
Tonga, Politics and government.
Fidji, Politique et gouvernement.
Fidschi
Fiji.
Oceania.
Samoa (îles), Politique et gouvernement.
Samoa occidentales, Politique et gouvernement.
Samoa.
Tonga
Tonga, Politique et gouvernement.
Tonga.
Westsamoa
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
320
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995
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
JC423
Book number
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L373
1996
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
73
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72
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lawson, Stephanie.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204122013.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
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Electronic name
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