Fiji before the storm elections and the politics of development

A racially-weighted Constitution, promulgated by decree in 1990, divided the country and invited international condemnation, and the economy suffered from the collapse of institutions of good governance. In 1995, an independent Constitution Review Commission appointed by the Fijian parliament, recom...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lal, Brij V., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, Australia : Australian National University E Press 2012.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419965006719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary; Tables and figures; Glossary; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. The future of our past; 2. The Fiji islands in transition; 3. A time to change; 4. Understanding the results of the 1999 Fiji elections; 5. Elections and the dilemma of indigenous Fijian political unity; 6. Peripheral visions?; 7. Land, Lome and the Fiji sugar industry; 8. Inshore fisheries development in Fiji; 9. Women and politics in Fiji; 10. Economic challenges facing Fiji before the storm; 11. Madness in May; References; Index