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Local Governance in Timor-Leste - Lessons in postcolonial state-building (Paperback)
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Local Governance in Timor-Leste - Lessons in postcolonial state-building (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
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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
phenomenon 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 5 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. It also explores the various creative
ways in which local leaders and community members make sense of
their local governance environment. It then draws on these insights
to provide a more nuanced, contextualised account of the impact of
institutional interventions, state-building and democratisation
within these villages. While set in the context of state- and
nation-building efforts following Timor-Leste's vote for
independence, the book also provides a broader examination of the
issues that arise for the postcolonial state adequately meeting the
needs of its citizens. Further, it explores the challenges that are
met by communities when incorporating state influences and demands
into their everyday lives. Expanding the scope of empirical
Timor-Leste scholarship by moving beyond anthropological
description and providing the first detailed political analysis of
local-level governance in contemporary Timorese communities, this
book is a valuable contribution to studies on Asian Politics,
Governance and International Studies.
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