The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy

by J.J. Robinson and J.J. Robinson

The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby islands local women are flogged for extramarital sex and blackmarket vodka costs $140 a bottle.

Until 2008 the Maldives also hosted Asia's longest-serving dictator, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. A former political prisoner, Mohamed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849045895
• ISBN13: 9781849045896
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.3"