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Timor-Leste: The Adventurous Tribulations of Local Governance after Independence
Timor-Leste: die abenteuerlichen Heimsuchungen der Lokalpolitik nach der Unabhängigkeit
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Abstract Xanana Gusmão recently mentioned that a “Second Maubere Miracle” is underway, implying that a major political reform will soon shake the roots of Timor-Leste’s public administration. Decentralization, defined in a very broad sense, has been a constitutional mandate since independence, but successive... view more
Xanana Gusmão recently mentioned that a “Second Maubere Miracle” is underway, implying that a major political reform will soon shake the roots of Timor-Leste’s public administration. Decentralization, defined in a very broad sense, has been a constitutional mandate since independence, but successive governments have failed to engage this reform despite paying lip service to its necessity. This essay reviews the options before the policy makers – both in theoretical terms (distinguishing between the various definitions of decentralization) and in the pragmatic forms that have been contemplated so far – and discusses their implications for the process of rooting a modern democracy in the country both at the intermediate, district level and at the grassroots, suku (village) level. For this purpose, the essay brings together the author’s own field research and the rich literature that has emerged in the recent past, including contributions by Timorese colleagues. (auhtor's abstract)... view less
Keywords
East-Timor; decentralization; democratization; developing country; Southeast Asia; Asia; political reform
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 85-114
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 34 (2015) 1
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed