'THE PACIFIC WAY'-CONSOCIATIONAL POLITICS IN FIJI

In: Pacific affairs, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 413-431

Abstract

STUDIES THE APPLICATION OF CONSOCIATIONAL TECHNIQUES, THE ABILITY TO CREATE CO-OPERATIVE COALITIONS THAT UNITE VARIOUS FACTIONS INTO MAJORITY GOVERNMENTS. SUGGESTS THAT UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING CONSOCIATION TO DEVELOPING NATIONS SUCH AS FIJI IS A VIABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE. RESEARCHES FIJI'S INDIAN-FIJIAN NATIONALITY STRUCTURE AND VIEWS THE APPLICABILITY OF AREND LIJPHART'S CRITERIA.