Ethnic competition and the forging of the nation-state of Fiji

Round Table

Volumn 94, Issue 378, 2005, Pages 47-76

  Davies, John E ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; Fiji; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; NATION STATE; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POST-INDEPENDENCE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 15244345655     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530500033158     Document Type: Article

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