Deborah Cummins

Local Governance in Timor-Leste

Lessons in postcolonial state-building

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Produktbeschreibung

Across many parts of the postcolonial world, it is everyday reality for people to cross regularly between state-based and customary governance, institutions and norms. This book examines this in the context of the villages of Timor-Leste, and the state-building efforts that have been conducted by the Timorese government and international development agencies since the vote for independence in 1999. Drawing on 2 years of ethnographic fieldwork in the remote, rural areas of Timor-Leste, the book provides a critical analysis of the challenges that communities face when navigating coexisting customary and state-based structures and norms in a context where customary law continues to be the central guiding force.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781138796355
• ISBN-10: 1138796352
• Artikelnr.: 41091086

Autorenporträt

Deborah Cummins is an academic, consultant and trainer on issues of postcolonial local governance, and international and community development. She is the founder of Bridging Peoples, www.bridgingpeoples.com.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The imperative to 'develop'
2. The Making of Political Hybridity (A Colonial History)
3. Democratisation
4. Local Leadership
5. Dispute Resolution
6. Economic Relationships
7. Clientelism and Patronage
8. Taking Local Politics Seriously
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