dc.contributor.author |
Ratuva, Steven |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-25T21:26:14Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2011 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Asian Journal of Political Science 19(1):96-120 2011 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0218-5377 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15230 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Since 1987 there have been six coups altogether in Fiji. The article examines the reactive and transformative nature of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, hereafter referred to as Fiji military, and coups and their impact on the small multi-cultural country of 850,000 people. The coups in Fiji have to be seen in the light of the two separate but related developments, namely the historical dynamic interplay between politics and ethnicity and secondly, how the military itself has evolved as a state institution and how it perceived its role in the modern state system. Although the military is modelled along the lines of a praetorian institution, its perceived role has often shifted from being guardian of indigenous Fijian interests to protector of the multi-ethnic state. The interventionist tendency of the military was largely in response to the way in which the interplay between politics and ethnicity had played a part in creating discord and tension. All the six coups in Fiji were linked and need to be understood in relation to each other. The 2006 coup was the most politically transformative as some of the most powerful institutions were weakened and reconfigured and a new order created under the guise of a ‘clean-up campaign’. |
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dc.publisher |
Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore and Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Asian Journal of Political Science |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0218-5377/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
The military coups in Fiji: Reactive and transformative tendencies |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1080/02185377.2011.568249 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
96 |
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pubs.volume |
19 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore and Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
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pubs.end-page |
120 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
225819 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1750-7812 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2012-03-02 |
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