Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG
PNG's Melanesian societies with Polyneasian societies like Tonga and Samoa, which evolved the familiar authoritarian feudal structures, which are always in tension with democratic institutions. In melanesia, those who gain political ascendancy and power must struggle for it.
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Asia Pacific Network
2001-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/711 |
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| description | PNG's Melanesian societies with Polyneasian societies like Tonga and Samoa, which evolved the familiar authoritarian feudal structures, which are always in tension with democratic institutions. In melanesia, those who gain political ascendancy and power must struggle for it. |
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| title | Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG |
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| title_fullStr | Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG |
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| title_short | Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG |
| title_sort | civil society and media the relevance in fiji tonga and png |
| topic | freedom expression Samoa Tonga Fiji media democracy |
| url | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/711 |
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