
Independent Timor-Leste
Between Coercion and Consent
Douglas Kammen(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-1-108-45758-3 (ISBN)
Description
This Element explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste across four distinct periods. The contrast between coercion under colonial rule and consent expressed through the 1999 referendum on independence exerted a powerful influence on scholarship on Timor-Leste's politics and future. Since the restoration of independence in 2002, however, politics in Timor-Leste are best understood in terms of powerful economic constraints during the first Fretilin government (2002-6), and thereafter, thanks to revenue from the country's petroleum reserves, a ruling strategy based on a wide range of inducements (rather than genuine consent).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-45758-3 (9781108457583)
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. A violent past; 3. The impossible dream: East Timor under the UN; 4. Independence with constraints; 5. Timor's purchase; 6. Hitching-post; 7. Future research agendas.