Conflict, identity, and state formation in East Timor 2000-2017 /

In Conflict, Identity, and State Formation in East Timor 2000-2017, James Scambary analyses the complex interplay between local and national level conflict and politics in the independence period. Communal conflict, often enacted by a variety of informal groups such as gangs and martial arts groups,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scambary, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; v. 311.
Power and place in Southeast Asia ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Since 2002
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Politics and government
Social conditions
Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste > Politics and government > 2002-
Timor-Leste > Social conditions.
Timor oriental > Politique et gouvernement > 2002-
Timor-Leste
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The enigma of the 2006 crisis
  • 2. An archaeology of conflict
  • 3. The 2006 crisis in context
  • 4. Mystics, messiahs and machismo : MAGS and veterans' groups
  • 5. Gangs or glee clubs? : urban Dili-based groups
  • 6. Conflict and resilience in a squatter settlement
  • 7. Implications for peacebuilding
  • 8. The foundations of a clientelist state
  • 9. Conflict and state formation : an integrated understanding.

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