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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste Andrew McWilliam

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste By Andrew McWilliam

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste by Andrew McWilliam

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Written by an international team of experts, the Handbook covers the principle concerns that have contributed significantly to the shape and character of contemporary Timor-Leste. It will be a useful and important reference guide for students, scholars and policy-makers with an interest in International Relations and Southeast Asian Studies

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste Summary

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste by Andrew McWilliam

Reflecting on the legacies of Timor-Leste's remarkable journey from colonialism to sovereign and democratic Independence, the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on all aspects of life in Timor-Leste.

Following an introduction and overview of the country, the Handbook is divided into five parts:

  • Politics and governance
  • Economics and development
  • Social policies and the terms of inclusion
  • Cultural impacts
  • Regional relations

Written by an international team of experts, the Handbook covers the principle concerns that have contributed significantly to the shape and character of contemporary Timor-Leste. It offers a timely and valuable reference guide for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in International Relations, Southeast Asian Studies and Peace Studies.

About Andrew McWilliam

Andrew McWilliam is Professor of Anthropology at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is a specialist in the anthropology of Eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. He is co-author of Property and Social Resilience in Times of Conflict: Land, Custom and Law in East Timor (2012).

Michael Leach is Professor of Politics at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He has researched and published widely on the politics and history of Timor-Leste and is the author of Nation Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste (Routledge, 2017).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Timor-Leste: Historical legacies and contemporary challenges, Andrew McWilliam and Michael Leach Part I: Politics and Governance 2. An unfinished journey: Timor-Lestes path to democracy, Rui Graca Feijo 3. Gusmaos ruling strategy: From peace-building to purchase and coercion, Douglas Kammen 4. Shifting ground: flexible alliances and generational change in post-independence politics, Maj Nygaard-Christensen and Angie Bexley 5. Lisan, state, church and community: displacement, syncretism, cohabitation, David Hicks 6. The future of East Timorese nationalism, Michael Leach Part II: Economics and Development 7. When the oil runs dry, Charlie Scheiner 8. From special treatment to a Special Economic Zone: antecedents to ZEESM in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave, Laura Meitzner Yoder 9. Timor-Leste is a rich country, but also a poor one: the effect and effectiveness of
public transfer schemes, Joanne Wallis 10. On Brexit worries: migration and remittance landscapes in Timor-Leste, Andrew McWilliam and Carmeneza Dos Santos Monteiro Part III: Social Policies and the Terms of Inclusion 11. House-life, Oikopolitics, and the failures of social housing in Timor-Leste, Gabe Tusinski 12. Towards an integrated and accessible mental health care system in Timor-Leste, Susana Barnes Lisa Palmer, Ritsuko Kakuma and Benjamin Larke 13. Internal displacement in Timor-Leste, Pyone Myat Thu 14. Veterans and the politics of citizenship, Lia Kent 15. Well-known and little understood: martial arts groups in Timor-Leste, Janina Palwelz Part IV: Cultural Impacts 16. Culture as symbol: customary marriage practices under transformation in urban Timor-Leste, Kelly Silva 17. Mane Ho Feto Kompleta Malu: gender Rrlations in contemporary Timor-Leste, Sara Niner 18. Paths to infinity: ancestorship, origin narratives and differentiation, Susana de Matos Viegas 19. Movimentu Kultura: making Timor-Leste, Leonor Veiga 20. The legacies of the (deep) past and the role of archaeology and cultural heritage in contemporary Timor-Leste, Nuno Vasco Oliveira Part V: Regional Relations 21. Settling Timor-Lestes international limits and boundaries, Clive Schofield and I Made Andi Arsana 22. Timor-Leste and ASEAN: from enmity to amity, exclusion to semi-inclusion, Maria Ortuoste 23. Overseas Chinese, soft power and Chinas people-to-people diplomacy in Timor-Leste, Laurentina 'Mica' Barreto Soares 24. Performing and Transforming Citizenship among East Timorese in Indonesian West Timor', Andrey Damaledo

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NPB9781032401614
9781032401614
1032401613
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste by Andrew McWilliam
Andrew McWilliam
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-08-29
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