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Political Parties in the Pacific Islands.(Book review)
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The Contemporary Pacific
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September 22, 2007
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Political Parties in the Pacific Islands, edited by Roland Rich with Luke Hambly and Michael G Morgan. Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2006. ISBN 1-74076-173-1; xiv + 229 pages, maps, tables, glossary, notes, index. A$34-95.
Political parties are a central feature of the political process in most states, both democratic and otherwise, and thus rightly gain considerable attention from political scientists. As in other respects, so here too systematic scrutiny of the topic has lagged behind when it comes to Pacific Island states and territories. This is a gap that this book aims to fill and in many ways it succeeds in doing so.
Political Parties in the Pacific Islands brings ...