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From election to coup in Fiji: The 2006 campaign and its aftermath

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In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive if not tense - not least because of controversial public statements against the incumbent Qarase government being made by the commander of Fiji's military forces. Despite a record number of parties and candidates, the winners were the two big parties - the heavily church-backed SDL, the party of choice of the majority of indigenous Fijians; and the Fiji Labour Party, the party preferred by most Indo-Fijians. Although the result was ethnically polarized, for the first time in Fijian history the successful candidates came together to share power in a constitutionally ordained multiparty cabinet, with Laisenia Qarase retaining the prime ministership. But the fragile collaboration was short-lived.

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Ketersediaan

2024-2756

324.99611 Fra f

Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

324.99611 Fra f

Penerbit

Fiji : IPS Publications., 2007

Deskripsi Fisik

xxviii, 483 pages : index ; 21 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-982-01-0808-0

Klasifikasi

324.99611

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

Elections--Fiji

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Jon Fraenkal

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