Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste : : The Birth of a Democratic Nation, 1999-2012 / / Rui Feijo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Feijo, Rui,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Emerging Asia ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 5 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table Of Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; 1. Democracy In The 21St Century --; 2. Assessing The Odds --; 3. Constitutionalism Old And New In The 'Un Kingdom' Of Timor-Leste --; 4. Elections In A Young Democracy --; 5. Semi-Presidentialism With 'Independent' Presidents --; 6. Grassroots Democracy --; Epilogue --; List Of Acronyms --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048526338; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662931; 9783110649826
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048526338?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rui Feijo.

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.