Citizens by waiting

Timorese young adults between state politics and customary authority

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4525344
AutoresSara Ten Brinke (Utrecht University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen22
Número8
Páginas882-896
Fecha de publicación2018-11-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2018.1538318
OpenAlexW2898486806
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas35

Young adults in Timor-Leste often say that, at present, older generations do not let them participate in the political sphere. They also say that they will just wait until their time comes. This discourse is contradictory to conceptualisations of citizenship that focus on acts, dispute or insurgence. In this article I argue that young adults’ political membership is much more than their relationship with the nation-state. To this effect I explore how young adults’ citizenship is deeply intertwined with their place in three different systems of customary law: the Uma Lulik (ancestral house), Umane-Manefoun (inter-family) relations and Tara Bandu (conflict resolution). By subsequently analysing the role of youth representatives in hybrid local village councils, I explore the question of why young adults decide to wait

Citizenship · Ethnology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Timor leste · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance