Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- 1 Timor-Leste: historical legacies and contemporary challenges -- Politics and governance -- 2 An unfinished journey: Timor-Leste's path to democracy -- 3 Gusmão's ruling strategy: from peace building to purchase and coercion -- 4 Shifting ground: flexible alliances and generational change in post-independence politics -- 5 Lisan, State, Church and community: displacement, syncretism and cohabitation -- 6 The future of East Timorese nationalism -- Economics and development -- 7 After the oil runs dry: economics and government finances -- 8 From "special treatment" to a special economic zone: antecedents to ZEESM in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave -- 9 Timor-Leste is a rich country, but also a poor one: the effect and effectiveness of public transfer schemes -- 10 On Brexit worries: migration and remittance landscapes in Timor-Leste -- Social policies and the terms of inclusion -- 11 House-life, Oikopolitics, and the failures of social housing in Timor-Leste -- 12 Towards an integrated and accessible mental healthcare system in Timor-Leste -- 13 Internal displacement in Timor-Leste -- 14 Veterans and the politics of citizenship -- 15 Well-known and little understood: martial arts groups in Timor-Leste -- Cultural impacts -- 16 Culture as symbol: customary marriage practices under transformation in urban Timor-Leste -- 17 Mane ho feto kompleta malu: gender relations in contemporary Timor-Leste -- 18 Paths to infinity: ancestorship, origin narratives and differentiation -- 19 Movimentu Kultura: making Timor-Leste -- 20 The legacies of the (deep) past and the role of archaeology and cultural heritage in contemporary Timor-Leste -- Regional relations -- 21 Settling Timor-Leste's international limits and boundaries.

22 Timor-Leste and ASEAN: From enmity to amity, exclusion to semi-inclusion -- 23 Overseas Chinese, soft power and China's people-to-people diplomacy in Timor-Leste -- 24 Performing and transforming citizenship amongst East Timorese in Indonesian West Timor -- Glossary -- Index.

Written by an international team of experts, the Handbook covers the principle concerns that have contributed significantly to the shape and character of contemporary Timor-Leste. It will be a useful and important reference guide for students, scholars and policy-makers with an interest in International Relations and Southeast Asian Studies.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.