The Failure of Democratic Politics in Fiji

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.

• | Author: Stephanie Lawson
• | Publisher: OUP Oxford
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 1991
• | Number of Pages: 322 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0198273223
• | ISBN-13: 9780198273226