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Land and life in Timor-Leste : ethnographical essays
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ISBN: 1921862602 1921862599 9781921862601 9781921862595 Year: 2011 Publisher: Canberra, Australia : ANU Press,

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Following the historic 1999 popular referendum, East Timor emerged as the first independent sovereign nation of the 21st Century. The years since these momentous events have seen an efflorescence of social research across the country drawn by shared interests in the aftermath of the resistance struggle, the processes of social recovery and the historic opportunity to pursue field-based ethnography following the hiatus of research during 24 years of Indonesian rule (1975-99). This volume brings together a collection of papers from a diverse field of international scholars exploring the multiple ways that East Timorese communities are making and remaking their connections to land and places of ancestral significance. The work is explicitly comparative and highlights the different ways Timorese language communities negotiate access and transactions in land, disputes and inheritance especially in areas subject to historical displacement and resettlement. Consideration is extended to the role of ritual performance and social alliance for inscribing connection and entitlement. Emerging through analysis is an appreciation of how relations to land, articulated in origin discourses, are implicated in the construction of national culture and differential contributions to the struggle for independence. The volume is informed by a range of Austronesian cultural themes and highlights the continuing vitality of customary governance and landed attachment in Timor-Leste.


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A new era? : Timor-Leste after the UN
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ISBN: 1925022501 192502251X 9781925022513 9781925022506 Year: 2015 Publisher: ANU Press

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Timor-Leste has made impressive progress since its historic achievement of independence in 2002. From the instability that blighted its early years, the fledgling democratic country has achieved strong economic growth and a gradual reinstatement of essential social services. A decade on in 2012, Presidential and Parliamentary elections produced smooth political transitions and the extended UN peacekeeping presence in the country came to an end. But significant challenges remain. This book, a product of the inaugural Timor-Leste Update held at The Australian National University in 2013 to mark the end of Timor-Leste’s first decade as a new nation, brings together a vibrant collection of papers from leading and emerging scholars and policy analysts. Collectively, the chapters provide a set of critical reflections on recent political, economic and social developments in Timor-Leste. The volume also looks to the future, highlighting a range of transitions, prospects and undoubted challenges facing the nation over the next 5–10 years. Key themes that inform the collection include nation-building in the shadow of history, trends in economic development, stability and social cohesion, and citizenship, democracy and social inclusion. The book is an indispensable guide to contemporary Timor-Leste.


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The promise of prosperity : visions of the future in Timor-Leste
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ISBN: 1760462535 1760462527 Year: 2018 Publisher: ANU Press

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For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states.


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The Paradox of ASEAN Centrality : Timor-Leste Betwixt and Between
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ISBN: 9004522921 9004522913 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV,

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"ASEAN, as being on the very core of this matter, deserves close attention through the case of Timor-Leste for understanding international strategic inclusion-exclusion dynamics. The manuscript we provide tackles this case through a small country 'in-between' the core global actors of economic and political concern: Timor-Leste as a ground for grasping large-scale complexities in decision-making processes, as much as the micro-understanding and dynamics of a small country 'within the game' - if not even on the forefront"--


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Timor-Leste's bill of rights : a preliminary history
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ISBN: 1925022382 1925022390 9781925022391 9781925022384 Year: 2015 Publisher: ANU Press

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The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste of 2002 contains over 40 human rights provisions in its Bill of Rights. In addition to providing an overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Constitution, this book brings together information relating to each section of the Bill of Rights, presenting: progressive texts produced during the process of the Constituent Assembly; highlights of the arguments put forward within the Constituent Assembly concerning the draft provisions, including alternative proposals advanced; submissions made by Timorese officials, civil society and international bodies; and the results of consultation with the broader community before and during the constitutional process. It is designed to be useful in particular to judges and legal practitioners called upon to interpret the Constitution, government officials and civil society actors involved in human rights work, as well as students of history and constitutional law in Timor-Leste and internationally.

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Civil rights --- Constitutional history --- Human rights --- Nation-building --- Political participation --- Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Timor-Leste --- Politics and government --- Constitutional history, Modern --- Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Basic rights --- Civil liberties --- Constitutional rights --- Fundamental rights --- Rights, Civil --- History --- Law and legislation --- Constitutional history. --- Political development --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Political persecution --- East Timor --- Democratic Republic of East Timor --- Timor Lorosa'e --- Repoṕlika Democrátika Timor Lorosa'e --- Repúplica Democrática de Timor-Leste --- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste --- República Democrática de Timor-Leste --- Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e --- Timor Wschodni --- RDTL --- 東ティモール --- Higashi Timōru --- Itä-Timor --- Östtimor --- Östra Timor --- Тимор-Лесте --- Timor Timur (Indonesia) --- Timor-Leste. --- bill of rights --- timor-leste --- constitution --- human rights --- constitutional law --- Fretilin --- United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor --- Constitutional Government of East Timor --- Governo Constitucional de Timor-Leste --- Governu Konstitutionál da Timor-Leste


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Crisis policymaking : Australia and the East Timor crisis of 1999
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ISBN: 1921666579 1921666560 9781921666575 9781921666568 Year: 2010 Publisher: Canberra : ANUE Press,

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Australia - Foreign relations - Timor-Leste. --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Government - Asia --- Australia --- Timor-Leste --- Politics and government. --- Foreign relations --- East Timor --- Democratic Republic of East Timor --- Timor Lorosa'e --- Repoṕlika Democrátika Timor Lorosa'e --- Repúplica Democrática de Timor-Leste --- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste --- República Democrática de Timor-Leste --- Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e --- Timor Wschodni --- RDTL --- New Holland --- Osṭralyah --- Usṭralyah --- Australie --- Avstralii︠a︡ --- Nova Hollandia --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Australiese Gemenebes --- أستراليا --- Usturāliyā --- كومنولث الأسترالي --- Kūmunwālth al-Usturālī --- Аўстралія --- Aŭstralii︠a︡ --- Australija --- Австралийски съюз --- Avstraliĭski sŭi︠u︡z --- Австралийският съюз --- Avstraliĭskii︠a︡t sŭi︠u︡z --- Mancomunitat d'Austràlia --- Awstralya --- Komonwelt sa Awstralya --- Australské společenství --- Australien --- Aŭstralio --- Komunejo de Aŭstralio --- Komunaĵo de Aŭstralio --- Austraalia --- Austraalia Ühendus --- Αυστραλία --- Aystralia --- Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας --- Koinopoliteia tēs Aystralias --- אוסטרליה --- קהיליית אוסטרליה --- Ḳehiliyat Osṭralyah --- ʻAukekulelia --- Ausztrália --- Ausztrál Államszövetség --- Ástralía --- Samveldið Ástralía --- Negara Persemakmuran Australia --- Persemakmuran Australia --- Austrālijas Savienība --- Australijos Sandrauga --- Австралија --- Avstralija --- Комонвелтот на Австралија --- Komonveltot na Avstralija --- Државна заедница Австралија --- Državna zaednica Avstralija --- Aostralia --- Komanwel Australia --- Awstralja --- Ahitereiria --- Whakaminenga o Ahitereiria --- Австралия --- Австралийский Союз --- Avstraliĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Mancomunidad de Australia --- Awstralia --- Cymanwlad Awstralia --- Australian Government --- Government of Australia --- オーストラリア --- Ōsutoraria --- 東ティモール --- Higashi Timōru --- Itä-Timor --- Östtimor --- Östra Timor --- Тимор-Лесте --- Timor Timur (Indonesia) --- Австралийски съюз --- Австралийският съюз --- Австралийский Союз --- Constitutional Government of East Timor --- Governo Constitucional de Timor-Leste --- Governu Konstitutionál da Timor-Leste

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