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- Title
Politicians and Professionalization in the Pacific Islands: Revisiting Self-Regulation?
- Authors
Corbett, Jack
- Abstract
In this article, I examine the nature of political practice in the Pacific Islands against two dominant measures of professionalization: incentive and institutionalist. Drawing from a range of qualitative data-interviews with politicians, published life histories, and observation-from across the region, I find that professionalization is largely unapparent against these measures. However, despite the likelihood that this absence will continue, the professional politician continues to be a standard against which political leadership in the Pacific is assessed, and thus poses a significant problem for would-be-reformers. In response to this dilemma, I find that the older idea of self-regulating professional ethics, usually disregarded by proponents of these newer and more managerial measures, has more to offer than might first appear. Related Articles:
- Subjects
ISLANDS of the Pacific; PROFESSIONAL standards; PROFESSIONAL ethics; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL leadership
- Publication
Politics & Policy, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 6, p852
- ISSN
1555-5623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/polp.12050