A new era? : Timor-Leste after the UN / edited by Sue Ingram, Lia Kent and Andrew McWilliam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingram, Sue., Editor.

Contributor:

Ingram, Sue, editor.

Kent, Lia, editor.

McWilliam, Andrew, editor.

Series:

State, society and governance in Melanesia.

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State, society and governance in Melanesia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Timor-Leste--Politics and government.

Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste--Economic conditions--21st century.

Timor-Leste--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2015

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Timor-Leste has made impressive progress since its historic achievement of independence in 2002. From the instability that blighted its early years, the fledgling democratic country has achieved strong economic growth and a gradual reinstatement of essential social services. A decade on in 2012, Presidential and Parliamentary elections produced smooth political transitions and the extended UN peacekeeping presence in the country came to an end. But significant challenges remain. This book, a product of the inaugural Timor-Leste Update held at The Australian National University in 2013 to mark the end of Timor-Leste’s first decade as a new nation, brings together a vibrant collection of papers from leading and emerging scholars and policy analysts. Collectively, the chapters provide a set of critical reflections on recent political, economic and social developments in Timor-Leste. The volume also looks to the future, highlighting a range of transitions, prospects and undoubted challenges facing the nation over the next 5–10 years. Key themes that inform the collection include nation-building in the shadow of history, trends in economic development, stability and social cohesion, and citizenship, democracy and social inclusion. The book is an indispensable guide to contemporary Timor-Leste.

Contents:

1. Introduction: building the nation: legacies and challenges for Timor-Leste

2. The challenges of nation-state building

3. Past, present and future: why the past matters

4. The politics of history in Timor-Leste

5. The challenges to the consolidation of democracy

6. Can the petroleum fund exorcise the resooirce curse from Timor-Leste? 7. Progress and challenges of infrastructure spending in Timor-Leste 8. Securing a new ordering of power in Timor-Leste: the role of sub-national spending

9. 'Empty land?' the politics of land in Timor-Leste

01. After Xanana: challenges for stability

11. Rethinking governance and security in Timor-Leste

12. Building social cohesion from below: learning from the Laletek (Bridge) project 2010-12

13. A social movement as antidote to corruption

14. The veterans' valorisation scheme: marginalising women's contributions to the resistance

15. Rural-urbans inequalities and migration in Timor-Leste

16. Assessing the implementation and impact of Timor-Leste's cash payment scheme

17. Displacement and informal repatriation in a rural Timorese village.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781925022513

192502251X

OCLC:

921090439

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_578881