Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste

The Birth of a Democratic Nation, 1999-2012
0. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-90-8964-804-4
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 305 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 656 g

Reihe: Transforming Asia

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feijo, Rui

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Feijo, Rui
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.

"http://www.ces.uc.pt/investigadores/index.php?action=bio&id_investigador=591&id_lingua=2" target="_blank"> Rui Feijo (DPhil, Oxon, 1984) Assistant Researcher at CES (Coimbra) has been involved with Timorese political life since independence. In 2005-06 he was UN Advisor to the President of the Republic. Apart from several articles in international journals and book chapters, he has published Timor-Leste: Paisagem Tropical com Gente Dentro (Lisbon, 2006) and more recently edited O Semi-presidencialismo Timorense (Coimbra 2014)[-][-][-]Nieuw boek (Martyrs: Ancestors and Heroes):[-]Dr. Rui Graça Feijó. Researcher, Centre Social Studies, Coimbra. He authored Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste (2016); co-edited Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste (2017)