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• Title: Indigenous Rights and the Crisis in Fiji (Commentaries: The World at Large)
• Author : Arena Journal
• Release Date : January 01, 2001
• Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 180 KB

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Recent crises in Fiji and the Solomon Islands have provoked a new bout of concern about the rise of 'ethnic tension' in Melanesia, and media commentary about the 'arc of instability to the north of Australia'. (1) The temptation to blame these conflicts on communal politics and ethnic rivalries, however, downplays the impact of neo-liberal policies of economic reform in the Pacific islands, which have set the context for the militarization of longstanding political, social and cultural tensions. The media shorthand of 'ethnic conflict'--Fijians versus Indians--also blurs the interplay of class and ethnicity in the Pacific. The ongoing crisis in Fiji suggests the need for a multilayered analysis of these conflicts. Ethnicity is certainly one of those layers. The status and rights of indigenous Fijians, Rotumans and other communities have been central to public debate following the coups d'etat and military takeovers in May 1987 and May 2000. (2) The 1997 Fiji Constitution sought to entrench 'Fiji Islanders' as a term to cover the multiracial citizenry of the country. But the name has never taken, as inter-1. communal tensions have left their mark on indigenous Fijians, Indo-Fijians (the descendants of the girmitya, indentured labourers who were brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916) and so-called general voters (of European, Chinese and Islander heritage). Ongoing emigration since the coups reflects Indo-Fijian concern that they are seen as vulagi, or foreigners, in the country of their birth.

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