Twenty years on
Poverty and hardship in urban Fiji
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2886475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Bryant-Tokalau (0000-0002-3782-9416, 1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 168 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 195-218 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003559 |
| OpenAlex | W2047611962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 7 |
Through 'official statistics', academic and donor interpretations as well as the eyes of Suva residents, this paper presents an overview and case study of twenty years of growing poverty and hardship in the contemporary Pacific. Focusing on the past two decades, the paper notes how much, and yet so little, has changed for those attempting to make a living in the rapidly developing towns and cities. Changing interpretations of poverty and hardship are presented, moving from the 'no such thing' view, to simplification, and finally to an understanding that Pacific island countries, especially Fiji, are no longer an 'extension' of Australia and New Zealand, but independent nations actively trying to find solutions to their issues of economic, social and political hardship whilst facing challenges to traditional institutions and networks. Fiji is in some respects a very particular case as almost half of the population has limited access to secure land, but the very nature of that vulnerability to hardship and poverty holds useful lessons for wider analysis
Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |