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- Title
- East Timor: beyond independence
- Author(s)
- Kingsbury, Damien; Leach, Michael
- Abstract
- This is the most comprehensive study of East Timor since independence, examining the major themes of development, borders and security, politics and justice, resource and land management, education, and language policy. Though the country was initially lauded as a case study in successful state-building, the crisis of 2006 demonstrated that East Timor had more in common with other post-colonial, post-conflict societies than some of these earlier optimistic assessments suggested. East Timor continues to attract the interest and attention of governments, scholars, development institutions and aid workers as a society rebuilding itself after almost a quarter of a century of profound trauma, and consecutive eras of colonialism. Covering the era from the independence referendum in August 1999 to the political crisis in 2006, and future prospects and challenges, this book is an invaluable resource for understanding the challenges facing the first new nation of the 21st century.
- Publication type
- Book
- Source
- Monographs on Southeast Asia, no. 65
- Publication year
- 2007
- Keyword(s)
- Colonialism; East Timor; National independence; Post-conflict societies; Timor-Leste
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute Press
- ISBN
- 9781876924492
- Publisher URL
- http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/press/seabooks.php
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 Monash Asia Institute Press (an imprint of Monash University Press).
- Peer reviewed
