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Fiji: Ethnicity and the post-Colonial State

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Internal Conflict and Governance

Abstract

Contrary to the widely held view of the South Pacific as being peaceful and relatively free of tension, this region has experienced several and diverse forms of conflicts. These have included disputes over land and other resources, anti-colonial struggles, secessionist movements and ethnic conflicts. In the contemporary period, anti-colonial struggles are being waged in West Papua and East Timor against Indonesia, and in New Caledonia and Tahiti against French nuclear colonialism. The Province of North Solomons, in-corporating mineral-rich Bougainville, has declared unilateral independence as part of an on-going violent conflict with the State of Papua New Guinea. There is also potential for major ethnic conflicts in the South Western Pacific states of the Solomons and Vanuatu.

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  1. International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway

    Kumar Rupesinghe (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

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Naidu, V. (1992). Fiji: Ethnicity and the post-Colonial State. In: Rupesinghe, K. (eds) Internal Conflict and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22246-9_5

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