The future of our past / Brij V. Lal -- The Fiji Islands in transition: personal reflections / Sitiveni L. Rabuka -- A time to change: the Fiji general elections of 1999 / Brij V. Lal -- Understanding the results of the 1999 Fiji elections / Robert Norton -- Elections and the dilemma of indigenous Fijian political unity / Alumita Durutalo -- Peripheral visions? Rabi Island in Fiji's general election / Teresia K. Teaiwa -- Land, Lomé and the Fiji sugar industry / Padma Lal -- Inshore fisheries development in Fiji / Joeli Veitayaki -- Women and politics in Fiji / Chandra Reddy -- Economic challenges facing Fiji before the storm / Biman Prasad -- Madness in May: George Speight and the unmaking of modern Fiji / Brij V. Lal