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This up-to-date account of the violent assertion of ethnic Fijian identity reveals the multi-ethnic island as a microcosm of issues confronting many other countries in the modern world. The authors provide a thoughtful investigation into how elite ethnic Fijians responded to their own class insecurity by transposing their racist ideology into the international language of indigenous rights. They reveal how inter-communal conflict often has its origins in the economic and political interests of only a narrow class. ... Read more

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Using the techniques of the historian, the anthropologist, and the political theorist, Lawson discusses the contemporary political situation in Fiji from both a historical and theoretical viewpoint. Drawing on archival material and fieldwork, she traces the sources of the current divisions in Fiji to the well-intentioned, but ultimately misguided, ambitions of colonial administrators to protect the way of life of indigenous Fijians. The author comes to the provocative conclusion that Fiji has never really been a democracy in the Western sense of the word. ... Read more

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Hawai'i and Fiji share strikingly similar histories of colonialism and plantation sugar production but display different legacies of ethnic conflict today. Pacific Island chiefdoms colonized by the United States and England respectively, the islands' indigenous populations were forced to share resources with a small colonizing elite and growing numbers of workers imported from South Asia. Both societies had long traditions of chiefly power exercised through reciprocity and descent; both were integrated into the plantation complex in the nineteenth century. Colonial authorities, however, constructed vastly different legal relationships with the indigenous peoples in each setting, and policy toward imported workers also differed in arrangements around land tenure and political participation. The legacies of these colonial arrangements are at the roots of the current crisis in both places. Focusing on the intimate relationship between law, culture, and the production of social knowledge, these essays re-center law in social theory. The authors analyze the transition from chiefdom to capitalism, colonizers' racial and governmental ideologies, land and labor policies, and contemporary efforts to recuperate indigenous culture and assert or maintain indigenous sovereignty. Speaking to Fijian and Hawaiian circumstances, this volume illuminates the role of legal and archival practice in constructing ethnic and political identities and producing colonial and anthropological knowledge. ... Read more

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This study analyzes the ways in which political elites use the idea of "tradition" to legitimize certain practices and institutions. Within this framework, case studies focus on constitutional development and the chiefly power in Fiji, the monarchy and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga, and the political issues surrounding the move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticizing non-Western cultural traditions, especially in terms of democratic development. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from E, published by Earth Action Network, Inc. on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1075 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: FIJI: The Heat's Not Just Political.(Pacific island)(Brief Article)
Author: David Helvarg
Publication: E (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2000
Publisher: Earth Action Network, Inc.
Volume: 11Issue: 5Page: 29

Article Type: Brief Article, Interview

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This digital document is an article from Arena Magazine, published by Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd. on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1977 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nic Maclellan on Fiji's continuing revolution.(Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup)(Book Review)
Author: Nic Maclellan
Publication: Arena Magazine (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd.
Page: 40(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Ultimate handbook on government and business contacts in the country. Government agencies, strategic, business contacts, international representations and more... ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: Giving Some Information Concerning the Government, Legislation, History, Geography, Land Titles, Religion, Population, Education, Institutions, Trade, Agriculture, and Climate, of the Colony. With a Few Notes Setting Forth the Special Advantages Which the Colony Presents to Intending Settlers. 1892; Original Published by: Printed at the Government Printing Office in 1892 in 90 pages; Subjects: Fiji; Fiji Islands; Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness; History / Oceania; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General; Travel / Australia & Oceania; ... Read more

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Ultimate investment and business guide for conducting business in the state. Business, investment and export-import opportunities. State economy, government structure, mineral resources, technology, government, political and business contacts and more... ... Read more

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Chapters: Monarchy of Fiji, House of Representatives of Fiji, Local Government in Fiji, Legislative Council, President of Fiji, Senate of Fiji, Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, Suva City Council, List of Heads of State of Fiji, Parliament of Fiji, Vice-President of Fiji, Executive Council, Governor of Fiji, Fiji Intelligence Services, Council of Rotuma, Arc of Instability, Roko Tui, Rabi Council of Leaders, Solicitor-General, National Trust of Fiji, Chief Minister, Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit, Housing Authority of Fiji. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: TitlesAdi - BulouRo - Roko - RatuInstitutionsGreat Council of ChiefsChairman, Great Council of ChiefsHouse of ChiefsConfederacies:Burebasaga - Kubuna - TovataRotuman Traditional LeadershipGagaja - Sau - Fakpure - Mua Executive Legislative Local government Former/informal institutions Constitution Great Council of Chiefs Political parties Electoral system Elections Foreign relations The monarchy of Fiji arose in the mid-nineteenth century when native ruler Seru Epenisa Cakobau consolidated control of the Fijian Islands and declared himself King or paramount chief of Fiji (Fijian: Tui Viti). In 1874, he voluntarily ceded sovereignty of the islands to Britain, which made Fiji a Crown colony within the British Empire. After nearly a century of British rule, Fiji became a Commonwealth realm, an independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State. After a military coup in 1987, Fiji became a republic, and the role of the monarchy in government was ended. Nevertheless, the Great Council of Chiefs, still recognises Elizabeth II as Tui Viti or the traditional Queen of Fiji, but the position is not one of a constitutional, or otherwise legal ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3747809 ... Read more

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The historical and social background of the British colonies in the South Pacific has been sketched in as a prelude to this book's main theme: the setting up of Western forms of government and their working in a non-Western society. The experience of Britain in these particular colonies is related in the final chapter to some general aspects of colonial government. ... Read more