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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Emerging Asia ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 5 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • 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