East Timor: The Price of Liberty [Hardcover]

Damien Kingsbury (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0230606415 | ISBN-13: 978-0230606418 | Publication Date: May 26, 2009 | Edition: 1

This book is based on extensive research and regular visits to East Timor since 1995. It considers the trials that the people of East Timor have undergone in their long struggle for independence, and issues that have arisen out of independence. This account places East Timor within the context of other post-colonial states, noting the problems that most of them have faced in coming to grips with their new-found freedoms, and how they have managed, or mismanaged, such freedoms. It also traces the themes and issues within the independence movement, noting how these have contributed to post-independence outcomes, in particular the political tensions that almost saw East Timor collapse as a viable state in 2006. The books concludes with an assessment of the 2007 elections which, despite some post-election violence, saw the consolidation of democratic processes in East Timor, and which marked it as having a brighter future in this one critical respect.

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About the Author

Damien Kingsbury is Associate Head (Research) of the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. He coordinated the largest observer missions to East Timor's ballot for independence in 1999, and to its 2007 general elections.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1 edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230606415
• ISBN-13: 978-0230606418
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,655,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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