LEADER 03999 am 22006733u 450 001 9910133792903321 005 20230621135707.0 010 $a1-76046-002-8 035 $a(CKB)3340000000002674 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4529775 035 $a(OCoLC)1030814052 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38230 035 $a(EXLCZ)993340000000002674 100 $a20181017h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe people have spoken $ethe 2014 elections in Fiji /$fedited by Steven Ratuva and Stephanie Lawson 210 $cANU Press$d2016 210 1$aActon, ACT :$cANU Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (282 pages) $ccolour illustrations, charts ; digital file(s) 225 1 $aPacific series 311 08$aPrint version: 9781760460013 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. 'The People Have Spoken ... ' -- 2. Shifting democracy: Electoral changes in Fiji -- 3. Chiefly leadership in Fiji after the 2014 elections -- 4. Fiji Indians and the Fiji general elections of 2014: Between a rock and a hard place and a few other spots in between -- 5. 'Unfree and unfair'?: Media intimidation in Fiji's 2014 election -- 6. From the land to the sea: Christianity, community and state in Fiji-and the 2014 elections -- 7. Native land policy in the 2014 election -- 8. Fiji elections and the youth vote-token or active citizenship? -- 9. The Fiji Military and the 2014 election --10. The genesis of the Social Democratic Liberal Party: A struggle against the odds -- 11. 'Not with a bang but a whimper': SODELPA and the 2014 election -- 12. Fiji's evolving foreign policy and Pacific multilateral order: Pre- and post-election -- 13. A pragmatic approach to a successful election: A personal reflection -- 14. Observing the 2014 Fiji general election -- 15. Concluding note: The election to end all coups?. 330 $aThe September 2014 elections in Fiji was one of the most anticipated in the history of the country, coming after eight years of military rule and under a radically new constitution that introduced a system of proportional representative (PR) and without any reserved communal seats. The election was won overwhelmingly by FijiFirst, a party formed by 2006 coup leader Frank Bainimarama. He subsequently embarked on a process of shifting the political configuration of Fijian politics from inter-ethnic to trans-ethnic mobilisation. The shift has not been easy in terms of changing people's perceptions and may face some challenges in the longer term, despite Bainimarama's clear victory in the polls. Ethnic consciousness has the capacity to become re-articulated in different forms and to seek new opportunities for expression. This book explores these and other issues surrounding the 2014 Fiji elections in a collection of articles written from varied political, intellectual and ideological positions. 410 0$aPacific series. 606 $aElections$zFiji 606 $aElection law$zFiji 607 $aFiji$xEthnic relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aFiji$xPolitics and government 610 $aconstitutional reform 610 $apolitics 610 $anational election 610 $afiji 610 $aFijians 610 $aFijiFirst 610 $aFrank Bainimarama 610 $aIndo-Fijians 610 $aPacific Islands Forum 610 $aSocial Democratic Liberal Party 615 0$aElections 615 0$aElection law 676 $a324.99611 700 $aRatuva$b Steven$4auth$0802390 702 $aRatuva$b Steven 702 $aLawson$b Stephanie 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bAuAdUSA 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910133792903321 996 $aThe people have spoken$93383967 997 $aUNINA