Conflict, identity, and state formation in East Timor 2000-2017
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Conflict, identity, and state formation in East Timor 2000-2017
（Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, v. 311 . Power and place in Southeast Asia / edited by Gerry van Klinken ... [et al.] ; v. 8）
Brill, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-242) and index
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In Conflict, Identity, and State Formation in East Timor 2000-2017, James Scambary analyses the complex interplay between local and national level conflict and politics in the independence period. Communal conflict, often enacted by a variety of informal groups such as gangs and martial arts groups, has been a constant feature of East Timor's post-independence landscape. A focus on statebuilding, however, in academic discourse has largely overlooked this conflict, and the informal networks that drive Timorese politics and society. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork, Scambary documents the range of different cultural and historical dynamics and identities that drive conflict, and by which local conflicts and non-state actors became linked to national conflict, and laid the foundations of a clientelist state.
Table of Contents
Acronyms and Foreign Terms
List of Figures and Tables
1 The Enigma of the 2006 Crisis
1 An Alternative Reading
2 Dominant Narratives
2.1 The UN Made Me Do It
2.2 Post-Crisis Representations
2.3 The Invisibility of Sub-National Conflict
3 Some Observations on the Ground
3.1 Rural-Urban Linkages
4 Normative Traditions
5 New Paradigms
6 New Critical Scholarship
7 Conceptual Approach
8 Book Structure
2 An Archaeology of Conflict
1 Historical Legacies of Conflict
1.1 The 1975 Civil War
1.2 The Indonesian Invasion
1.3 Displacement and Resettlement
1.4 The Creation of ISGS
2 The 1999 Referendum Violence
2.1 'Mixed with other Matters'
3 Social and Cultural Background
3.1 Language and Ethnicity
3.2 Social Organisation
3.3 Payback Traditions
3.4 Traditional and Administrative Residential Structures
3.5 Rural-Urban Migration
3.6 Conclusion
3 The 2006 Crisis in Context
1 Early Tensions
2 The April/May 2006 Crisis
2.1 Orchestrated and Inclusive Violence
3 The Second Phase
4 Patterns in Conflict
5 The Post-Crisis Period
5.1 Conclusion
4 Mystics, Messiahs and Machismo: MAGS and Veterans' Groups
1 Group Typology
2 Veterans' groups
2.1 Linkages and Alliances
3 Martial Arts Groups
3.1 Linkages and Alliances
3.2 Conclusion
5 Gangs or Glee Clubs? Urban Dili-Based Groups
1 Group Origins
2 Violence as a Social Construct
3 Group Typology
3.1 Youth Groups
3.2 Clandestine Groups
3.3 Gangs
4 Multiple Identities and Memberships
4.1 Conclusion
6 Conflict and Resilience in a Squatter Settlement
1 Background
2 Contested Authority
2.1 Dynamics of Communal Conflict
3 Symptoms of Alienation or Forms of Resilience?
3.1 Conclusion
7 Implications for Peacebuilding
1 Macro-Level Approaches to Peacebuilding
2 The IDP Return Process
3 mag Mediation Initiatives
4 Localised Initiatives
5 Hybrid Approaches
6 Participatory Approaches
7 Local Approaches
7.1 Conclusion
7.2 As Mac Ginty and Richmond contend
8 The Foundations of a Clientelist State
1 Politics and Elections East Timor Style
2 Emerging Clientelist Patterns
3 Centralisation of Power
4 A Culture of Informality
5 Defining Power Configurations
5.1 Conclusion
9 Conflict and State Formation: An Integrated Understanding
1 Understanding Conflict Dynamics
2 The 2006 Crisis and State-Formation
3 Postscript
References
Index
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