
Economic Development, Democracy and Ethnic Conflict in the Fiji Islands
This study discusses a complex situation whereby a numerically dominant indigenous community asserts that it is vulnerable and demands a dominant role in governance. The reasons for such claims are explored, as is the indigenous Fijians’ real and perceived sense of exclusion from the mainstream commercial economy.
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