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Fiji: the limits of ethnic political mobilisation

Boxill, Ian

Ian O'Brian Boxill

Race & class

1997

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Democracy ; Economic development ; Economics ; Ethnic groups ; Ethnic Identity ; Ethnic Relations ; Ethnicity ; Ethnology ; Fiji ; Fiji Islands ; Identity ; Interethnic conflict ; Interethnic relations ; Limits ; Political Culture ; Political mobilization ; Politics ; Racial Relations ; Regime transition ; Social structure and social relations ; State structure

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Fijian political developments should be seen from a wider perspective than simple ethnic conflict. A coup by Sitiveni Rabuka in May 1987 began a period of political control by the indigenous elite from Fiji. Fijians control over 80% of Fiji's land, while commerce is dominated by other groups including Indians. The coup was intended to emphasise traditional Fijian values which are being eroded by modernization. Traditional leaders are likely to lose power as Fiji urbanizes. The usage of ethnicity by the political elite as a device for mobilization may be undermined by social, demographic and other trends in Fiji.

SAGE Publications

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