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Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste
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Abstract This study identifies and explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of the competitive political party system in East Timor from its beginnings in the 1970s to the difficult and sometimes violent transition since independence in 2002 towards a semi-developed competitive party system. It re... view more
This study identifies and explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of the competitive political party system in East Timor from its beginnings in the 1970s to the difficult and sometimes violent transition since independence in 2002 towards a semi-developed competitive party system. It reviews the organizational character of the two major Parties: FRETILIN and the CNRT and the minor parties in the national parliament and the nature of intra-party factionalism in contemporary politics in what is an under-institutionalized and a predominantly personalistic system.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
party system; factions; Timor-Leste
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 167-186
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 39 (2020) 1
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed