Democracy and custom in Sāmoa : an uneasy alliance / Asofou Soʻo.

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Published: Suva, Fiji : IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, 2008.
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • Indigenous institutions
  • Foreign influence 1830-1962
  • Keeping the old in the new : the 1962 constitution
  • From consensus politics to party politics
  • Campaign strategies
  • Competition and participation in Sāmoa's political system
  • Impact of 'constitutionalized' rights
  • Current status
  • Appendix 1: Chronological calculations
  • Appendix 2: Ao of Savai'i
  • Appendix 3: Āiga of pāpā
  • Appendix 4: Other important Āiga
  • Appendix 5: Concept of Tūmua
  • Appendix 6: Political relationship between Ā'ana district and leulumoega capital village
  • Appendix 7: party affiliation, universal suffrage and traditional support.