Skip navigation
Skip navigation
A change is coming. Click to see a sneak peek of the new Open Research Repository.

In Frank Bainimarama's Shadow: Fiji Elections and the Future

Request a Copy

link to publisher version

  • Altmetric Citations

Lal, Brij

Description

Fiji's much anticipated election was held in September 2014, returning Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First Party to power under a proportional representation open list system sanctioned by the decreed 2013 constitution. It marks an important step on a long and fraught journey back to parliamentary democracy. A new start has been made, but a lot will depend on how deeply Bainimarama's publicly declared multiracial vision is shared by his own supporters, including the military, overwhelming Indigenous...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorLal, Brij
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:34:56Z
dc.identifier.issn0022-3344
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/76354
dc.description.abstractFiji's much anticipated election was held in September 2014, returning Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First Party to power under a proportional representation open list system sanctioned by the decreed 2013 constitution. It marks an important step on a long and fraught journey back to parliamentary democracy. A new start has been made, but a lot will depend on how deeply Bainimarama's publicly declared multiracial vision is shared by his own supporters, including the military, overwhelming Indigenous Fijian, which has a proven history of being a friend neither of multiracialism nor of democracy. Whether this turns out to be a pyrrhic victory for one man or a turning point in Fiji's modern history remains to be seen.
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceJournal of Pacific History
dc.titleIn Frank Bainimarama's Shadow: Fiji Elections and the Future
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume49
dc.date.issued2014
local.identifier.absfor169900 - OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB5170
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationLal, Brij, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage457
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage468
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00223344.2014.977518
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T09:24:52Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84919417666
local.identifier.thomsonID000345831400005
CollectionsANU Research Publications

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
01_Lal_In_Frank_Bainimarama's_Shadow:_2014.pdf131.3 kBAdobe PDF    Request a copy
Show simple item record


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator