1st Edition
Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste The Birth of a Democratic Nation, 1999-2012
By Rui Feijo
Copyright 2016
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Foreword: Revisiting a success story with critical eyes, Chapter 1: Democracy in the 21st century: lineages and configurations of an impure concept, Chapter 2: Assessing the odds: could Timor-Leste become a Democracy?, Chapter 3: Constitutionalism Old and New in the UN Kingdom of Timor-Leste, Chapter 4: Elections in a Young Democracy: popular voice and control, Chapter 5: Semi-presidentialism with 'independent' presidents: political inclusiveness and democratic consolidation, Chapter 6: Grassroots Democracy: building a decentralized state where worlds meet, Epilogue: After 2012: new challenges to the consolidation of Democracy
Biography
Rui Graça Feijó is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, and Associate Researcher at the Institute for Contemporary History, NOVA University of Lisbon.
