Independent Timor-Leste
Between Coercion and Consent
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, History
| Author: | Douglas Kammen | ISBN: | 9781108633697 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas Kammen |
| ISBN: | 9781108633697 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
This Element explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste across four distinct periods. The contrast between coercion under colonial rule and consent expressed through the 1999 referendum on independence exerted a powerful influence on scholarship on Timor-Leste's politics and future. Since the restoration of independence in 2002, however, politics in Timor-Leste are best understood in terms of powerful economic constraints during the first Fretilin government (2002–06), and thereafter, thanks to revenue from the country's petroleum reserves, a ruling strategy based on a wide range of inducements (rather than genuine consent).
This Element explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste across four distinct periods. The contrast between coercion under colonial rule and consent expressed through the 1999 referendum on independence exerted a powerful influence on scholarship on Timor-Leste's politics and future. Since the restoration of independence in 2002, however, politics in Timor-Leste are best understood in terms of powerful economic constraints during the first Fretilin government (2002–06), and thereafter, thanks to revenue from the country's petroleum reserves, a ruling strategy based on a wide range of inducements (rather than genuine consent).
