Liberal and illiberal peace-building in East Timor and Papua

Establishing Order in a Democratising State

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680880
AutoresClaire Q Smith (0000-0002-7479-4312, University of York, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen20
Número1
Páginas39-70
Fecha de publicación2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2019.1705068
OpenAlexW3005556187
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas45

For states undergoing turbulent processes of democratisation, illiberal peace-building allows for management of civil war with the lowest political risks. However, the existing literature on illiberal peace-building does not explain why transitional governments sometimes opt for more liberal and negotiated means to manage conflict, despite the risks involved. To explore this question, the paper draws on original primary sources and secondary evidence to draw a novel comparison between the newly democratic Indonesian government’s management of two civil wars. Papua and East Timor form an ideal comparative case study as the government took starkly different approaches to managing conflict in each region, within the same time period, and under similarly moderate leadership. East Timor’s conflict was eventually resolved via liberal methods, while the Papua conflict was managed via illiberal means. I argue that two analytical dimensions need greater recognition within the illiberal peace-building approach to explain this difference. First, the role of shifting internal power balances within national political elites needs further interrogation. Second, the influence of external actors on internal power balances needs wider recognition

Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Indonesian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State-building · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance