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

Rui Graça Feijo

doi:10.1017/9789048526338

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.

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The Birth of a Democratic Nation, 1999–2012

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-6

Contents
pp 7-10

List of Tables
pp 10-10

Foreword
pp 11-18

Preface: Revisiting a Success Story with Critical Eyes
pp 19-26

Acknowledgements
pp 27-30

1 - Democracy in the 21st century: Lineages and Configurations of an Impure Concept
pp 31-76

2 - Assessing the Odds: Could Timor-Leste Become a Democracy?
pp 77-132

3 - Constitutionalism old and new in the ‘UN Kingdom’ of Timor-Leste
pp 133-170

4 - Elections in a young Democracy: Popular Voice and Control
pp 171-204

5 - Semi-Presidentialism with ‘Independent’ Presidents: Political Inclusiveness and Democratic Consolidation
pp 205-244

6 - Grassroots Democracy: Building a Decentralized State where Worlds Meet
pp 245-278

Epilogue: After 2012: New Challenges to the Consolidation of Democracy
pp 279-290

List of Acronyms
pp 291-292

References
pp 293-324

Index
pp 325-335

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