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The promise of prosperity : visions of the future in Timor-Leste /
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 reserve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Acton, A.C.T., Australia :
Australian National University Press,
©2018.
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| Colección: | Pacific series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Political and spiritual visions of the future / Judith M. Bovensiepen; Part 1. Looking at the future through the past. Progress and propaganda in Timor-Leste: Visions of the future in comparative historical perspective / Douglas Kammen; The Timor Oil Company's network, 1956-1968: Interacting internal and external infrastructures / Alex Grainger
- Part 2. State visions of development. Political and economic challenges of petroleum dependency in Timor-Leste / Guteriano Neves; Piloting the experimental ZEESM megaproject: Performing the future in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave / Laura S. Meitzner Yoder; Expropriation or plunder? Property rights and infrastructure development in Oecusse / Bernardo Almeida; Just a dream? The struggle for national resource sovereignty and oil infrastructure development along Timor-Leste's south coast / Judith M. Bovensiepen; Reconsidering reintegration: Veterans' benefits as state-building / Kate Roll
- Part 3. Alternative moral economies of prosperity. Expressions of the 'good life' and visions of the future: Reflections from Dili and Uatolari / Josh Trindade and Susana Barnes; Looking back into the future: Temporalities of hope among the Fataluku (Lautém) / Susana de Matos Viegas; Negotiating 'darkness' and 'light': Meshworks of fluidity and fire in Baucau / Lisa Palmer; Misreading the night: The shadows and light of a solar technology / Chris Shepherd; Christianity and kultura: Visions and pastoral projects / Kelly Silva; Afterword: A study in contrasts / Andrew McWilliam.