Dynamics of democracy in Timor-Leste : the birth of a democratic nation, 1999-2012 / Rui Grac̦a Feijó.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feijó, Rui, author.

Series:

Emerging Asia ; 2.

Emerging Asia ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Timor-Leste--Politics and government--21st century.

Timor-Leste.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Indonesian province of Timor-Leste made international news when it decided to break away from Indonesia in 1999. The decision sparked deadly rampages by pro-integrationist militias, violence that only abated when the UN sent a force to maintain peace and help ease the way to actual independence. This book details the political history of Timor-Leste, both preceding and following the declaration of independence, and it uses the events, consequences, and lessons of that period to help us understand what to expect for similar experiments in democracy building elsewhere in the world.

Contents:

Foreword / Nancy Bermeo

Preface

Acknowledgements

Democracy in the 21st century

Assessing the odds

Constitutionalism old and new in the "UN Kingdom" of Timor-Leste

Elections in a young democracy

Semi-presidentialism with 'independent" presidents

Grassroots democracy

Epilogue

List of acronyms

References

Index

List of tables.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69428-4

1-04-079017-8

90-485-2633-7

9781003694281

OCLC:

953970414