East Timor

The Price of Liberty
2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-60641-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

This book traces the themes within the East Timor independence movement and notes how these have contibuted to post-independence issues, in particular the political tensions that almost saw East Timor collapse as a viable state in 2006. It concludes with an assessment of the 2007 elections.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kingsbury, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; D.Kingsbury What is Development?; M.Mcgillivray Reassessing Development Theory: 'Modernization' and Beyond; J.McKay Aid and Development; J.Hunt Economics of Development; J.McKay Globalization and Development; D.Kingsbury Poverty: Concepts, Measures, Trends and Responses; M.Clarke Crises in Africa, Asia and Latin America: Lessons and Wider Implications; J.McKay Political Development; D.Kingsbury Community Development; D.Kingsbury Gender and Development; J.Hunt Environment and Development; D.Kingsbury Security and Development; J.McKay

Über Autor(innen)

DAMIEN KINGSBURY is Associate Head of School (Research), International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Australia.