Coup : reflections on the political crisis in Fiji / editors, Brij V. Lal with Michael Pretes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lal, Brij V.

Pretes, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coups d'état--Fiji.

Coups d'état.

Political science.

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

Fiji.

Fiji--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Pandamus Books, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book gathers together a handful of memoirs of the tragic events in Fiji from may 19, 2000, when the democratically elected multiracial government was hijacked by a group of armed gunmen led by George Speight, and held hostage for fifty days.

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contents; Preface; Preface; 1 Fijicoup.com; 1 Fijicoup.com; 2 Indigenous Identity; 1. Fiji: The Gathering Storm; 2 Indigenous Identity; 2. Damaged Democracy; 3. Wandering Between Two Worlds; 3 An Historic View of Fiji; 3 An Historic View of Fiji; 4 Refections on the Civilian Coup in Fiji; 4 Refections on the Civilian Coup in Fiji; 5 An Analysis of the Current Political Crisis in Fiji; 5 An Analysis of the Current Political Crisis in Fiji; 6 Constitutional Order in Multi-Ethnic Societies; 6 Constitutional Order in Multi-Ethnic Societies

7 Thoughts on Fiji's Third Coup D'Etat; 7 Thoughts on Fiji's Third Coup D'Etat; 8 On Being Fijian; 8 On Being Fijian; 9 Outcasts of the Pacific; 9 Outcasts of the Pacific; 10 Race, Speight and the Crisis in Fiji; 10 Race, Speight and the Crisis in Fiji; 11 Peace in Fiji; 11 Peace in Fiji; 12 On Reconciliation; 12 On Reconciliation; 13 Two Countries Called Fiji; 13 Two Countries Called Fiji; 14 Living in Unusual Times; 1. Living in Unusual Tim

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-74076-076-X

OCLC:

66144743