Political Parties in the Pacific Islands

Political Parties inthe Pacific Islands......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
1. ANALYSING AND CATEGORISING POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS......Page 13
2. PRIMORDIAL POLITICS? POLITICAL PARTIES AND TRADITION IN MELANESIA......Page 39
3. POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PACIFIC ISLAND ELECTORAL LAWS......Page 55
4. ANATOMY OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN TIMOR-LESTE......Page 81
5. POLITICAL PARTIES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA......Page 95
6. PARTIES, CONSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING AND GOVERNANCE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS......Page 115
7. THE ORIGINS AND EFFECTS OF PARTY FRAGMENTATION IN VANUATU......Page 129
8. PARTIES AND THE NEW POLITICAL LOGIC IN NEW CALEDONIA......Page 155
9. FIJI: PARTY POLITICS IN THE POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD......Page 177
10. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SÄMOA’S POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM......Page 197
GLOSSARY......Page 219
BIOGRAPHIES......Page 224
INDEX......Page 226