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University of Hawaii Press Being Political: Leadership and Democracy in the Pacific Islands (Topics in the Contemporary Pacific)

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Politicians everywhere tend to attract cynicism and inspire disillusionment. They are supposed to epitomize the promise of democratic government and yet invariably find themselves cast as the enemy of every virtue that system seeks to uphold. In the Pacific, “politician” has become a byword for corruption, graft, and misconduct. This was not always the case—the independence generation is still remembered as strong leaders—but today’s leaders are commonly associated with malaise and despair. Once heroes of self-determination, politicians are now the targets of donor attempts to institute “good governance,” while Fiji’s 2006 coup was partly justified on the grounds that they needed “cleaning up.” But who are these much-maligned figures? How did theycome to arrive in politics? What is it like to be a politician? Why do they enter, stay, and leave? Drawing on more than 110 interviews and other published sources, including autobiographies and biographies, Being Political provides a collective portrait ofthe region’s political elite. This is an insider account of political life in the Pacific as seen through the eyes of those who have done the job. Corbett shows that politics is a messy, unpredictable, and, at times, dirty business that nonetheless inspires service and sacrifice. Being a politician has changed since independence, but politics continues to be deeply imbedded in the lives of individuals, families, and communities; an account that belies the common characterization of democracy in the Pacific as a “façade” or“foreign flower.” Ultimately, this is a sympathetic counter-narrative to the populist critique. We come to know politicians as people with hopes and fears, pains and pleasures, vices and virtues. As such, this book is a must-read for all those who believe in the promise of representative government.

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Brand: University of Hawaii Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0824841026
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Political
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 March 2015
Listed Since: 21 February 2015

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