Political Instability in the Fiji Islands
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Authors
Kuver, Rajat
Issue Date
1987
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
This paper concerns the military coup which took place in
the Fiji Islands on May 14, 1987. My aim is to show that Fiji
was especially susceptible to a military takeover although for
seventeen years its democracy and stability had been taken for
granted in both the domestic and international fronts. This
paper is based on the theories of five authors: Easton and
Lijphart, Nayacakalou, Milne, Zdberg and Johnson, Slater and
McGowan. The theories of all these authors apply to Fiji's
military coup. I conclude that Fiji was especially susceptible
to a coup because: (1) applying democracy to a bipolar state
caused instability. (2) political parties were weak because of
outbidding and other factors and this led to political
instability. (3) economically, Fiji's situation was
deteriorating and increased racial competition for limited
resources contributed to the country's instability and (4) ethnic
domination of one ethnic group especially in the military made
the whole democratic institution unstable.
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iv, 86 p.
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