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In 2010 after more than a century of oligarchical government Tonga made the bold step to full parliamentary democracy, catching up with the rest of the island Pacific. This book tells the story of that reform, of the long protest movement that preceded it and how the royal family abruptly espoused democracy.

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About this Author.

Dr Ian Campbell, formerly Professor of History & Politics at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, was a close observer of the Tongan scene throughout the period of the reform movement and has published extensively on Pacific and Tongan history.

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