Analyzes the complex interplay of traditional native and modern liberal secular politics in Fiji. Role of the Methodist Church in shaping an ethnic Fijian national consciousness; Influence of the church on the politics and governing institutions of the state; Description of the religious underpinnin...

When it comes to the practice of democratic politics, do size and insularity matter? A number of studies suggest that small island states are more likely to be democratic than others, regardless of levels of economic development. The Commonwealth islands, especially, have done very well on indices o...

Rev. of Of passionate intensity: right-wing populism and the Reform Party of Canada, by Trevor Harrison

Traces the May 2000 coup d'etat in Fiji to a clash of ethnic nationalism. Native property rights during and after British colonial rule; Political and economic success of Indians; Implications of events in Fiji for Canada's aboriginal population.; Traces the May 2000 coup d'etat in Fiji to a clash o...

Rev. of Shades of Right: Nativist and fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940, by Martin Robin

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the Canadian government became a strong supporter of IFI-designed Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) for indebted Southern states, and altered its aid priorities accordingly. Despite the significance of this shift, however, little effort has been made to explai...

Discusses the ethnicity and the development of a `middleman' economy on Mauritius. Economic status of the Indian Ocean state of Mauritius; Functions of `middleman' capitalists; Absence of restrictions on foreign ownership of manufacturing in Mauritius.; Discusses the ethnicity and the deve...

Discusses politics in Canada focusing on the apparent success of the Reform Party of Canada. Why people seem to like the Reform Party; Information on some previous elections in Canada; Reform Party's political agenda; Debate over Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional accords.; Discusses politi...

Rev. of Taking root: the origins of the Canadian Jewish community, by Gerald Tulchinsky

Mauritius in 2000 held its seventh free election since independence, resulting in the third democratic transfer of power in its history. This article describes electoral politics since independence and demonstrates that, by virtue of their numbers, it also remains an inescapable fact that Indo-Mauri...

pt. 1. Health care, taxes, and guns: archetypal issues. Two systems in restraint: contrasting experiences with cost control in the 1990s / Robert Evans ; What price Canadian? taxation and debt compared / David Perry ; Between the sights: gun control in Canada and the United States / Leslie A. Pal --...

Rev. of The Marxists and the Jewish question: the history of a debate (1834-1943), by Enzo Traverso

Focuses on the contribution of the poly-ethnic character of the Mauritian society on the democratic politics and economic success in Africa. Ethnic composition of the Mauritian society; Details on the formation of political parties and electoral system; Stability of the democratic political environm...