02662nam 2200661Ia 450 991078271430332120230912140037.01-283-22600-697866132260060-7748-5661-010.59962/9780774856614(CKB)1000000000713858(OCoLC)243616449(CaPaEBR)ebrary10220674(SSID)ssj0000279477(PQKBManifestationID)11217709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279477(PQKBWorkID)10260609(PQKB)11465126(CaBNvSL)thg00602901(Au-PeEL)EBL3412497(CaPaEBR)ebr10227127(CaONFJC)MIL322600(OCoLC)923445927(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/d5p724(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406850(MiAaPQ)EBC3412497(MiAaPQ)EBC3255846(DE-B1597)661434(DE-B1597)9780774856614(EXLCZ)99100000000071385819910828h19911991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFiji race and politics in an island state /Michael C. HowardVancouver :UBC Press,1991.©19911 online resource (viii, 452 pages) illustrations, platesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-0368-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-440) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Race, Class, and Democracy in Fiji -- Colonial and Precolonial Fiji -- Alliance Party Rule -- Fiji and the World -- The Fiji Labour Party -- The 1987 Election and the Coalition Government -- The May Coup -- Aftermath of the First Coup -- The Second Coup and the Republic of Fiji -- Mara's Return -- Appendixes -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn 1987 Fiji surprised the rest of the world by staging not one but two coups. This text argues that the May coup was a strike against democratic government by elements associated with Fiji's traditional oligarchy seeking to hide behind a mask of populist communalism.FijiHistoryFijiPolitics and governmentFijiRace relations996.11Howard Michael C1484610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782714303321Fiji3703333UNINA