Hoppa till sidans huvudinnehåll

2 809 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

In 1987 two military coups in Fiji undermined institutions previously thought to be democratic in character. The coup leader, Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, claimed that the coups were necessary in order to protect the rights of indigenous Fijians against the demands of the large Indian community.Combining the techniques of the historian, the anthropologist, and the political theorist, Stephanie Lawson discusses the contemporary political situation in Fiji from both a historical and a theoretical viewpoint, and tracing the sources of the current divisions in Fiji to the well-intentioned, but in the end misguided, ambitions of colonial administrators to protect the way of life of indigenous Fijians.Dr Lawson's analysis reveals many ironies. The very presence in Fiji of a large Indian community, now made a scapegoat by the coup leaders, is a result of the desire of colonial administrators to avoid forcing the indigenous population to become landless labourers, while at the same time securing a source of labour for a plantation-based agricultural system. She argues that post-colonial political institutions, themselves shaped by generations of colonial administrators, exacerbated and possibly created the very tensions between the indigenous population and Indians that they were designed to temper.Dr Lawson demonstrates why race was never really an issue in recent events but why Rabuka could plausibly claim that it was. She comes to the provocative but convincing conclusion that Fiji has never really been a democracy in the Western sense of the word.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum1991-07-11
  • Mått145 x 224 x 24 mm
  • Vikt545 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor322
  • FörlagClarendon Press
  • ISBN9780198273226

Tillhör följande kategorier

Hoppa över listan

Mer från samma författare

Introduction to Politics

Robert Garner, Peter Ferdinand, Stephanie Lawson, University of Leicester) Garner, Robert (Emeritus Professor of Politics, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Warwick) Ferdinand, Peter (Emeritus Reader in Politics and International Relations, Emeritus Reader in Politics and International Relatioins, Macquarie University) Lawson, Stephanie (Honorary Professor of Politics and International Studies, Honorary Professor of Politics and International Studies

Häftad

899 kr

Politics

Peter Ferdinand, Robert Garner, Stephanie Lawson, University of Warwick) Ferdinand, Peter (Emeritus Reader in Politics and International Studies, Emeritus Reader in Politics and International Studies, University of Leicester) Garner, Robert (Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics, Macquarie University) Lawson, Stephanie (Professor of Politics and International Studies, Professor of Politics and International Studies

Häftad

859 kr

Global Politics

Stephanie Lawson, Australia) Lawson, Stephanie (Honorary Professor of Politics and International Studies at Macquarie University, Australia, Honorary Professor of Politics and International Studies at Macquarie University

Häftad

699 kr

  • Nyhet

Introduction to Politics

Robert Garner, Peter Ferdinand, Stephanie Lawson, University of Leicester) Garner, Robert (Emeritus Professor of Politics, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Warwick) Ferdinand, Peter (Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University) Lawson, Stephanie (Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations

Häftad

799 kr

Hoppa över listan

Du kanske också är intresserad av

Rewriting the French Revolution

Colin Lucas, University of Chicago) Lucas, Colin (Professor of Modern History, Professor of Modern History

Inbunden

1 399 kr

Before European Hegemony

Janet L. Abu-Lughod, Northwestern University) Abu-Lughod, Janet L. (Visiting Professor of Sociology and Historical Studies, New School for Social Research; Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies, Visiting Professor of Sociology and Historical Studies, New School for Social Research; Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies

Häftad

619 kr

Murders and Madness

Ruth Harris, Oxford) Harris, Ruth (Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, New College

Häftad

839 kr