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Article: A tale of three constitutions: Ethnicity and politics in Fiji

TitleA tale of three constitutions: Ethnicity and politics in Fiji
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Issue Date2007
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://icon.oxfordjournals.org/
Citation
International Journal Of Constitutional Law, 2007, v. 5 n. 4, p. 639-669 How to Cite?
AbstractThere have been sharp divisions of opinion throughout Fiji's modern history between those advocating an integrated, nonracial state, based on individual rights, and those in favor of a political order based on ethnic communities. Integration and consociation, perhaps, are not apt terms to categorize this division, but, certainly, they have some resonance. Many features associated with consociation have been present in the colonial and the postcolonial constitutions, such as separate communal representation, group rights, asymmetrical autonomy, power sharing, separate educational systems, and entrenchment of rights to culture and land. Norms regarding indigenous peoples' rights have been invoked, as well, adding an extra twist to the integration-consociation polarity. But there have also been strong tendencies toward political integration and broad-based, nonethnic social justice policies. Fiji's experience shows that this polarity has limited intellectual or policy value. Consociation easily and, in Fiji's case, seamlessly slides into hegemony. © The Author 2007. Oxford University Press and New York University School of Law. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/133015
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.463
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dc.description.abstractThere have been sharp divisions of opinion throughout Fiji's modern history between those advocating an integrated, nonracial state, based on individual rights, and those in favor of a political order based on ethnic communities. Integration and consociation, perhaps, are not apt terms to categorize this division, but, certainly, they have some resonance. Many features associated with consociation have been present in the colonial and the postcolonial constitutions, such as separate communal representation, group rights, asymmetrical autonomy, power sharing, separate educational systems, and entrenchment of rights to culture and land. Norms regarding indigenous peoples' rights have been invoked, as well, adding an extra twist to the integration-consociation polarity. But there have also been strong tendencies toward political integration and broad-based, nonethnic social justice policies. Fiji's experience shows that this polarity has limited intellectual or policy value. Consociation easily and, in Fiji's case, seamlessly slides into hegemony. © The Author 2007. Oxford University Press and New York University School of Law. All rights reserved.en_HK
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