Fiji : race and politics in an island state / / Michael C. Howard
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| Autore: |
Howard Michael C
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| Titolo: |
Fiji : race and politics in an island state / / Michael C. Howard
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 1991 |
| ©1991 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 452 pages) : illustrations, plates |
| Disciplina: | 996.11 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Fiji History |
| Fiji Politics and government | |
| Fiji Race relations | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-440) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fiji |
| ISBN: | 1-283-22600-6 |
| 9786613226006 | |
| 0-7748-5661-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782714303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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