{"product_id":"transformations-in-independent-timorleste-9780367878726","title":"Transformations in Independent TimorLeste","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It puts forward the idea of cohabitations, which aims at inscribing the mutual influences arising from the existence of distinct social processes not only side by side but in their mutual influences and entanglements, sometimes resulting from effective clashes, some others from peaceful manipulation of social and cultural differences. From this analytical viewpoint of evolving power dynamics of cohabitations, experts in the field investigate issues that have been contentious in the recent past and analyse the challenges that present-day Timor-Leste is facing. Structured in three pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: exploring cohabitations in Timor-Leste \u003cem\u003eSusana de Matos and Rui Graça Feijó \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I Contexts for a \"revival of custom\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Returning to origin places in an expanding world: customary ritual in independent Timor-Leste \u003cem\u003eElisabeth G. Traube\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Hunting and harvesting in the commons: on the cultural politics of custom \u003cem\u003eAndrew McWilliam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The re-assertion of sacralised authority in post-occupation Uato-Lari \u003cem\u003eSusana Barnes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Territorialities of the fallen heroes \u003cem\u003eSusana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça Feijó \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Land and territory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The challenges of establishing a land tenure system in a newly independent state \u003cem\u003eDionisio Babo Soares\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Navigating without a compass: state transition in Timor-Leste’s formal land tenure system \u003cem\u003eBernardo Almeida \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Reconceptualizing land and territory in Oecusse Ambeno’s enclave’s special economic zone \u003cem\u003eLaura S. Meitzner Yoder \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Exchange, water and motif in an etic genre of narrative \u003cem\u003eDavid Hicks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III Governance and democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. An ecology of governance: rethinking the state and political community \u003cem\u003eM. Anne Brown and Damian Grenfell \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Managing persons and rituals: economic pedagogy as government tactics \u003cem\u003eKelly Silva\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Local administration: a view from Vemasse \u003cem\u003eMichael Leach\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. At home we wear cawat, outside we wear a tie: cohabitation and political legitimacy in grass-roots democracy \u003cem\u003eRui Graça Feijó \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Conflict resolution and the making of personhood in Lisadila, Maubara \u003cem\u003eDaniel S. Simião \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018085663063,"sku":"9780367878726","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367878726.jpg?v=1750775585","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transformations-in-independent-timorleste-9780367878726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}