Post-Conflict Social and Economic Recovery in Timor-Leste

Redemptive Legacies

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ID19949294
AuthorsA Mcwilliam (0000-0001-5245-0685, corresponding author), Forster-undifferentiated, McWilliam Andrew
Year2020
Pages166
Publication date2020-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePost-Conflict Social and Economic Recovery in Timor-Leste (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429347948
OpenAlexW4238376179
Open LibraryOL28066297M
ISBN9780429347948
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This book presents a rich ethnography of post-conflict social and economic recovery in East Timor following the end of Indonesian military occupation of the territory in 1999. It offers a longer-term analysis of the pathways to rebuilding and restoring local community life, and the budding prosperity that has flowed from participation in spontaneous circular labour migration and the remittance benefits that have followed. Based on extensive comparative literature and field-based empirical research, the book explores the protracted process of cultural and economic revival following a generation-long period of military repression and a sustained struggle for national independence. With a focus on the experiences of Fataluku ethno-linguistic communities in Timor-Leste, the study offers nuanced perspectives on the legacies of conflict and local forms of governance, the revitalisation of customary exchange and ancestral religion. Presenting both an optimistic and alternative narrative in which a traumatised population finds new hope and emergent prosperity, this book highlights a renewed concern with inter-generational well-being and widespread aspirations for prosperity and material benefits following decades of deprivation. It is also an analysis of post-conflict resilience against the odds, illustrating the adaptive possibilities of tradition in the context of globalisation and expectations of modernity. As a major contribution to understanding the emergence and expansion of informal transnational labour migration out of East Timor, this book will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy makers of contemporary Timor-Leste, Southeast Asian Politics, Southeast Asian Culture and Society, Development Studies, Anthropology and Conflict Studies

Development economics · Economics · Political science · Timor leste · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Peacebuilding and International Security · Developing countries · Economic conditions · Economic development · Economic history · Employment · Ethnology · Postwar reconstruction · Social conditions · Timorese

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