Is Fijian Post-Coup Politics left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Fijian Post-Coup Politics scores +03 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +05. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Fijian Post-Coup Politics authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Fijian Post-Coup Politics scores +04. The 2013 constitution abolished communal electoral rolls; the 2022 election produced a transfer of power to the opposition.

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Fijian Post-Coup Politics

FijiFirst / Coalition · 1987– · Fiji · Contested · Held state power · coding confidence low

+03ECmarket

+05CUtraditional

+04AUmonist

+04SCcentral

+05IDascriptive

+03CHcoercive

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Four coups since 1987 over the political weight of the indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian communities, followed by a non-racial constitution imposed from above.

Economic model

Sugar, tourism and remittances; land held under indigenous communal title.

Organisation of powers

The 2013 constitution abolished communal electoral rolls; the 2022 election produced a transfer of power to the opposition.

Reading note

A rare case where an authoritarian government imposed a formally non-racial franchise and then lost under it.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +03

Coded +3: sugar, tourism and remittances with communal land tenure.

Documented act or statuteAround 87% of land is inalienable indigenous title.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +05

Coded +5: a strongly Christian and communal social order.

ScholarshipMethodist church influence in indigenous Fijian politics has been substantial throughout.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +04

Coded +4: four coups, then an imposed non-racial constitution, then a lost election.

Documented act or statuteCoups occurred in 1987 twice, in 2000 and in 2006; the 2013 constitution abolished communal electoral rolls.
Documented act or statuteThe government that imposed the 2013 constitution lost the 2022 election and conceded.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +04

Coded +4: a unitary state with provincial councils for indigenous affairs.

Documented act or statuteThe Great Council of Chiefs was abolished in 2012 and restored in 2023.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +05

Coded +5: communal land tenure and the political weight of indigenous title.

Documented act or statuteAround 87% of land is held under indigenous communal title and cannot be freely sold.

CH · Method and tempo · scored +03

Coded +3: four coups, then a constitutional election lost by its authors.

Documented act or statuteThe 2013 constitution's authors lost the 2022 election and conceded.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Fiji

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Fijian Post-Coup Politics. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/fiji/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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