Bonapartism in the South Pacific: The Bainimarama Government in Fiji

MacWilliam, Scott

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Bonapartism in the South Pacific: The Bainimarama Government in Fiji

Date

2015

Authors

MacWilliam, Scott

Publisher

Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University

Abstract

This Discussion Paper argues instead that the current government constitutes a particular, different and distinct form of class representation. While all governments in capitalist societies represent both capital and labour, the Bainimarama Government does so in a specific manner. During the period from 2006 until the 2014 election, the main existing forms of political representation were overturned and marginalised.