In the eye of the storm : Jai Ram Reddy and the politics of postcolonial Fiji

"To read this evocative book is to be thrust into a Fiji that has, for the moment, been snuffed out by military might: a Fiji of political parties, parliamentary politics, elections, manifestoes, campaigns, democractic defence of interests, party manoeuvres, and constitutional protection of rights and freedoms. It is a comprehensive and eloquent re-telling of the story of Fiji politics from independence in 1970 to 1999 through the perspective of Fiji's greatest living statesman, Jai Ram Reddy, by one of the world's most distinguished scholars of its history and politics."--Publisher's description Preliminary......Page 1 Preface......Page 13 Introduction......Page 27 1. Inheritance......Page 65 2. Baptism by fire......Page 147 3. Recuperation and rupture......Page 217 4. Before the Storm......Page 311 5. Sunset at noon......Page 371 6. Transition......Page 459 7. Back from the brink......Page 503 8. New Foundations......Page 591 9. The denouement......Page 687 10. The road to arisha......Page 739 Bibliographical guide......Page 747 Index......Page 751

To read this evocative book is to be thrust into a Fiji that has, for the moment, been snuffed out by military might: a Fiji of political parties, parliamentary politics, elections, manifestoes, campaigns, democratic defence of interests, party manoeuvres, and constitutional protection of rights and freedoms. It is a comprehensive a