Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste (eBook, ePUB)

A Cross-sectoral Assessment
Redaktion: Harris, Vandra; Goldsmith, Andrew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Despite Timor-Leste's high expectations when it became independent from Indonesia in 2002, the country is ranked among the least developed countries in the world. This book draws together the perspectives of practitioners, policy-makers and academics on the international efforts to rebuild the world's newest nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136806681
• Artikelnr.: 38404443

Autorenporträt

Vandra Harris teaches International Development on the graduate program at RMIT University, Australia. Her research focuses on cultural change and human development in Southeast Asian nations, and effects of human movement. Andrew Goldsmith is Executive Director, Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, and Professor of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia. His main research interests are in transnational policing and counter-terrorism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Julio Tomás Pinto Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. The Struggle for
Independence was Just the Beginning Vandra Harris and Andrew Goldsmith 2.
The nation-Building Agenda in Timor-Leste M. Anne Brown Part 2: Society and
Culture 3. Women in the Post-Conflict Moment in Timorese Society Sara Niner
4. Anatomy of a Conflict: The 2006-7 Communal Violence in East Timor James
Scambary 5. The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics: A Case
Study of Gender and Politics in Lospalos, Timor-Leste Yvonne
Corcoran-Nantes Part 3: Justice, Law and Security 6. The Legal Profession
in Timor-Leste's Justice Sector Reconstruction: Opportunities and
Restraints Andrew Marriott 7. Promoting the Rule of Law in Timor-Leste
Laura Grenfell 8. Timor-Leste Police Development Program (TLPDP): Lessons
in Capacity Building Approaches Grant Edwards and Tess O'Donnell 9. Out of
Step? Multilateral Police Missions, Culture and Nation-Building in
Timor-Leste Andrew Goldsmith and Vandra Harris Part 4: Economy and
Demography 10. Timor-Leste and the Resource Curse? An Assessment Andrew
Rosser 11. Demography of Timor-Leste: A Brief Overview and Some
Implications for Development and Security Gouranga Dasvarma 12.
Timor-Leste's Future Population Growth and its Economic Implications Udoy
Saikia and Merve Hosgelen Part 5: Looking Forward 13.Timor-Leste's
Future(s) 2010-2020 Vandra Harris and Andrew O'Neil