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The following is the FIAS's list of publications. Those not out of
print are available from: FIAS, PO Box 7580, Lautoka, Fiji (Fax: 665
2596; email: fias@connect.com.fj). All prices are in Fijian dollars
(to
convert to/from other currencies, click
here).
| 2005 |
Papers on Racial Discrimination (Vol
1)
edited by Ganesh Chand (title cover only)
Click here to read the table of content
Click here to read the book |
| 2004 |
Girmitiyas: The Origins of the
Fiji Indians
by Dr. Brij V Lal
Click here
to read an excerpt from his new book
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| 2003 |
Tradition, Lotu and
Militarism in Fiji
by Winston Halapua
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| 2003 |
Fijian Studies: A Journal of
Contemporary Fiji
Vol. 1, No. 2: Special Issue on Sugar Industry
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| 2003 |
Fijian Studies: A Journal of
Contemporary Fiji
Vol. 1, No. 2
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| 2000 |
Generation in Transition published in association with
Department of Sociology, University of the South Pacific
by Nii-K Plange
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| 1999 |
One Talk - Two Talk
by Som Prakash
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| 1998 |
Multiculturalism and
Reconciliation in an Indulgent Republic: Fiji After the Coup,
1987-1989
by Robert T Robertson
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| 1997 |
FIJI: Coups. Crises, and
Reconciliation, 1987-1997
edited by Ganesh Chand and Vijay Naidu, (includes: Introduction by
Vijay Naidu; Property Rights, Governance and Economic Development
by Biman C Prasad; A Decade of Labour Market Restructuring by
Ganesh Chand; Female Employment and Earnings by Pramila Devi and
Ganesh Chand; Institutionalised Racial Discrimination by Sunil
Kumar; Positive Discrimination Policy in Education: A Critical
Review by Akhila Nand Sharma; Re-engineering Fiji for Growth by
Wadan Narsey; From Millpond to Mainstream: Challenges to Fijian
Leadership by Tupeni Baba; The Fijian Renaissance by Richard Wah;
The People's Constitutional Charter by Citizens Constitutional
Forum; and the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee Agreement on
Constitutional Review); FIAS Studies on Contemporary Fiji No. 1;
191pp.
($F12 plus $5 postage by airmail outside Fiji)
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| 1996 |
The `Science' of Society:
Exploring the Links between Science, Technology and Theories of
Development
by Professor Nii-K Plange, published in association with the
Department of Sociology, University of the South Pacific; 277pp
incl. index.
($F15 plus $5 postage by airmail outside Fiji, $2 within Fiji)
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| 1994 |
Consumer Prices Index Two Years
After VAT in Fiji
by Mahendra Reddy, Biman C. Prasad and Ganesh Chand; in
association with Fiji Trades Union Congress, Research Report No.
5; 1994; 30pp
($5 plus $3 postage outside Fiji, $1 within Fiji)
This reports the result of an independent
compilation of the consumer prices index in Fiji. Particular
attention is paid to the change in the index between June 1992 and
June 1994.
Public Choice, Representation and the 1994
Fiji Election
by Ganesh Chand; Research Report No. 4; 1994; 63pp
($7 plus $4.00 postage outside Fiji, $2 within Fiji)
This report examines the theoretical basis
of political representation in modern societies and analyses the
1994 and previous Fiji elections from that perspective.
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| 1993 |
The Woes of Structural Adjustment
Policies: The 1994 Fiji Government Budget
by Ganesh Chand, Biman C Prasad, Mahendra Reddy and Anand
Chand; Research Report No. 3; 1993
($7 plus $4.00 postage outside Fiji, $2 within Fiji)
This report analyses the 1994 Fiji
government's Budget from the perspective of structural adjustment
policies currently implemented in Fiji. Areas covered, including
data, are on wages policy, trade liberalization, privatization,
taxation reform, budget deficits, public debt, monetary policy,
sectoral allocations and racial discrimination.
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| 1992 |
Silent Warriors
by Anirudh Singh, FIAS, 1992
($12 + $5 postage outside Fiji, $2 within Fiji)
This book (108 pp) documents the ordeal of
USP physicist, Dr. Anirudh Singh who was abducted by the army in
1991. Apart from a vivid account of the events leading to the
abduction, and the abduction itself, the book provides a very
clear picture and analysis of post-coup Fiji.
The Impact of VAT on Consumer Prices Index in
Fiji
by Ganesh Chand and Mahendra Reddy; Research Report No. 1;
1992.
($F5 plus $2 postage outside Fiji, $1 within Fiji) - out of print
This report (36 pp) analyses the impact of
the introduction of the value added tax on the consumer prices
index in Fiji.
Print Media in Fiji: Fostering Democracy or
Ethnocracy?
by Pramila Devi; Research Report No. 2; 1992
($F5 plus $2 postage outside Fiji, $1 within Fiji)
This report (35 pp) analyses the political
role played by the print media during the 1992 election. Based on
print media reporting immediately before and after the elections,
the report exposes the political biases of the English language
dailies in the country.
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| 1991` |
Development, State and Class
Theories: An Introductory Survey
by Vijay Naidu; FIAS Monograph Series No. 1; 1991
($F7 + $4 postage outside Fiji, $2 within Fiji)
This monograph (89pp) deals with aspects of
theories of development and state in peripheral societies which
may help in providing analytical tools to grapple with the
structures and processes which affect the development of the South
Pacific societies. The monograph includes an extensive
bibliography on development and state theories, and writings on
the Pacific. |
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