Power relations, ethnicity and privatisation: A tale of a telecommunications company [PDF]
, 2014 The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the confluence of political and economic interests of the Fijian elite in transforming state assets into private property and financial gain.
Lawrence, Stewart R. +1 more
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The Impacts of Economic Sanctions on Food (Prices) Security: Evidence From Targeted Countries
The World Economy, Volume 48, Issue 8, Page 1942-1956, August 2025.ABSTRACT Our paper examined the impact of economic sanctions on food prices and security. Anecdotal evidence suggests that food security is threatened in nations subject to sanctions. However, the causal link has not been proven. We employ a two‐way fixed‐effects approach and leverage the entropy balancing technique to ascertain the existence of a ...
Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor +2 more
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Socio-economic determinants for poverty reduction : the case of Fiji : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Economics at Massey University [PDF]
, 2010 Poverty is a multi-dimensional issue, which encompasses different dimensions of deprivation that relate to human capabilities including food security, health, education, rights, voice, security, dignity, income and consumption.
Xing, Zhongwei
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Operation Lal Dora: India's aborted military intervention in Mauritius [PDF]
, 2015 As India expands its strategic reach in the Indian Ocean, it will need friends that it can count on. The island state of Mauritius has long been one of India's closest allies in the region. This article discusses India's plans for a military intervention
Brewster, David, Rai, Ranjit
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Ethnocracy and Post-Ethnocracy in Fiji
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016 Fiji’s history is interspersed with ethnic conflict, military coups, new constitutions and democratic elections. Ethnic tensions started to increase in the 1960s and reached its peak with violent indigenous Fijian ethnic assertion in the form of military
Sanjay Ramesh
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Greed and grievance: the role of economic agendas in the conflict in Solomon Islands [PDF]
, 2015 This article investigates the applicability of the influential economics of civil war literature to the case of the conflict which occurred in Solomon Islands between 1998 and 2003.
Allen, Matthew
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Emerging human dimensions research in coastal and nearshore Oceania
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2025.Abstract Calls for incorporating human dimensions into marine conservation have increased and begun to coalesce as marine social science. However, it is unclear what types of research and foci have been centered in this new interdisciplinary field and what gaps remain.
Rachel Dacks +2 more
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Adapting Postcolonial Island Societies: Fiji and the Solomon Islands in the Pacific
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Sovereign Pacific island states attract little attention from the great powers. They achieved independence peacefully, mostly from the United Kingdom, and have generally maintained functional democratic societies.
Adrien Rodd
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Oceania, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 160-183, November 2024.ABSTRACT In Indonesian‐occupied West Papua, Christianity has been adopted, adapted, and transformed by the indigenous people of various ethnic groups to become part of their social and cultural landscape. Christianity has also prominently figured in their continuing struggle for political self‐determination.
Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
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Tuning in: Does TV news influence the political process in Fiji?
Pacific Journalism Review, 2007 Local television news programmes in Fiji have been the most watched programmes for the entire 13-year history of broadcast television in the country. Although survey polls consistently show that television news is extremely popular, the influence it may ...
Dale Hermanson
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