Mediation of public policy disputes in the Fiji Islands

Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-93

  Hassall, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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EID: 84917169929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203876695     Document Type: Chapter

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