Anthony B van Fossen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5242685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony B van Fossen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony B |
| FAMILY NAME | van Fossen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN FOSSEN A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Risk Havens
Risk havens in offshore financial centres play an increasingly important role in capitalist risk management. They gain strength from cycles in the insurance industry (during hard markets) and from the mystified notion of a ‘litigation explosion’ that is used to reduce the rights of injured plaintiffs, particularly in times when insurers experience low income from investments. The captive insurance company (which has become the most prominent in B…
Politics and economics in Fiji
Is class important in Fiji? Most contributors to these two edited volumes (published before the elections and coups of 1987) appear to think not. Politics in Fiji focuses on national politics in terms of ethnicity, and Fiji: Future Imperfect? examines the developing relationships between national, local, ethnic, and international economies. In Lal's volume the authors relegate material production to a minor role in the constitution of political l…
Two military coups in Fiji
The first Fiji coup of 14 May 1987 sought to reinstall a feudal aristocracy which had been severely threatened by a narrow defeat in the elections of the previous month. The coup reaffirmed the aristocracy's control over both polity and economy at a time when the newly elected government had been attempting to divide the two realms by creating a stronger, nonethnic state and an economy which was based upon principles which were rational, rather t…
Risk Havens
Risk havens in offshore financial centres play an increasingly important role in capitalist risk management. They gain strength from cycles in the insurance industry (during hard markets) and from the mystified notion of a ‘litigation explosion’ that is used to reduce the rights of injured plaintiffs, particularly in times when insurers experience low income from investments. The captive insurance company (which has become the most prominent in B…
Two military coups in Fiji
The first Fiji coup of 14 May 1987 sought to reinstall a feudal aristocracy which had been severely threatened by a narrow defeat in the elections of the previous month. The coup reaffirmed the aristocracy's control over both polity and economy at a time when the newly elected government had been attempting to divide the two realms by creating a stronger, nonethnic state and an economy which was based upon principles which were rational, rather t…
Politics and economics in Fiji
Is class important in Fiji? Most contributors to these two edited volumes (published before the elections and coups of 1987) appear to think not. Politics in Fiji focuses on national politics in terms of ethnicity, and Fiji: Future Imperfect? examines the developing relationships between national, local, ethnic, and international economies. In Lal's volume the authors relegate material production to a minor role in the constitution of political l…
Two military coups in Fiji
The first Fiji coup of 14 May 1987 sought to reinstall a feudal aristocracy which had been severely threatened by a narrow defeat in the elections of the previous month. The coup reaffirmed the aristocracy's control over both polity and economy at a time when the newly elected government had been attempting to divide the two realms by creating a stronger, nonethnic state and an economy which was based upon principles which were rational, rather t…
Politics and economics in Fiji
Is class important in Fiji? Most contributors to these two edited volumes (published before the elections and coups of 1987) appear to think not. Politics in Fiji focuses on national politics in terms of ethnicity, and Fiji: Future Imperfect? examines the developing relationships between national, local, ethnic, and international economies. In Lal's volume the authors relegate material production to a minor role in the constitution of political l…
Risk Havens
Risk havens in offshore financial centres play an increasingly important role in capitalist risk management. They gain strength from cycles in the insurance industry (during hard markets) and from the mystified notion of a ‘litigation explosion’ that is used to reduce the rights of injured plaintiffs, particularly in times when insurers experience low income from investments. The captive insurance company (which has become the most prominent in B…
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works)