The historical trajectory of Fijian power

Abstract

"Fiji’s army-backed interim regime is an organisation of indigenous Fijian power that paradoxically has been forged against supposed threats to the military and the multi-ethnic nation from Fijian ethnic extremism. It starkly highlights the importance of distinguishing between potentially accommodative institutional expressions of Fijian power and excluding Fijian nationalism. This difference is a feature of Fiji’s political development that can be traced back over many decades to the times of Apolosi Nawai and Ratu Lala Sukuna. This paper examines episodes in the trajectory of Fijian power from those times to the present ..." - page 1