Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

French Polynesia

2002; University of Hawaii Press; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/cp.2002.0035

1527-9464

Karin Von Strokirch,

Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

Familiar themes are revisited in the year under review. The Tahitian government proceeded with costly public works that are arguably out of proportion to the small territory's means and needs. While critics may view these as pork-barrel projects in anticipation of the forthcoming elections, they have long been a feature of a territorial economy driven by public expenditure. President Gaston Flosse was once again subject to, but for the time being survived, new and continuing investigations into his alleged involvement in corruption. Notwithstanding the bad public relations generated by corruption charges coupled with a law redistributing seats in favor of the urban constituencies, the Tahoeraa party's cast-iron grip on power was confirmed in both municipal and territorial elections. Emboldened by his party's unprecedented victory at the polls, President Flosse continued to chafe at the limits imposed on his power by the French state.