From Election to Coup in Fiji The 2006 campaign and its aftermath

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...

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Other Authors: Fraenkel, Jon (Editor), Firth, Stewart (Editor)
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Published: ANU Press 2007
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