Politics of race and poverty in Fiji: A case of Indo-Fijian community

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 469-486

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Prasad, Biman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fiji; Politics; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744515170     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290410529335     Document Type: Review

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