In the eye of the storm : Jai Ram Reddy and the politics of postcolonial Fiji / Brij V. Lal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lal, Brij V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reddy, Jai Ram, 1937-.

Reddy, Jai Ram.

Political science.

Fiji--Politics and government--20th century.

Fiji.

Fiji--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (762 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

To read this evocative book is to be thrust into a Fiji that has, for the moment, been snuffed out by military might: a Fiji of political parties, parliamentary politics, elections, manifestoes, campaigns, democractic defence of interests, party manoeuvres, and constitutional protection of rights and freedoms. It is a comprehensive and eloquent re-telling of the story of Fiji politics from independence in 1970 to 1999 through the perspective of Fiji's greatest living statesman, Jai Ram Reddy, by one of the world's most distinguished scholars of its history and politics.

Contents:

Preliminary; Preface; Introduction; 1. Inheritance; 2. Baptism by fire; 3. Recuperation and rupture; 4. Before the Storm; 5. Sunset at noon; 6. Transition; 7. Back from the brink; 8. New Foundations; 9. The denouement; 10. The road to arisha; Bibliographical guide; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781921666520

1921666528

9781921666537

1921666536

OCLC:

1250428601

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459279