[Easttimorstudies] Four recent articles on Timor-Leste
Jennifer Drysdale
jenster at cres10.anu.edu.au
Mon Oct 9 15:44:47 EST 2006
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<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/eeas/2006/00000005/00000001//content/brill/eeas>European
Journal of East Asian Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, 2006, pp. 101-130(30)
The Double Task: Nation- and State-Building in Timor-Leste
Borgerhoff, Andre
Abstract:
Timor-Leste has been facing the arduous task of
building a viable nation-state since the
country's 2002 restoration of independence. The
dual challenge consists of interdependent efforts
at nation-building and state-building. The author
discusses both terms with regard to their
relevance to public education and economic
development. He raises the question of why
nation-building and state-building experience
rather contrary prioritisations in these
functionally close policy fields. In the
educational sector, government activities
demonstrate Fretilin's orientation towards
Portuguese-speaking countries. The introduction
of Portuguese as an official language has
accentuated existing lingual and generational
cleavage lines. Economic policy in Timor-Leste,
however, tends to be more pragmatic and less
ideological. The article aims to make an
innovative contribution to the interrelationship
of nation-building and economic development by
addressing important issues on the agenda such as
the exploitation of oil, agriculture, tourism,
the economic dependency on the former oppressor
Indonesia, and foreign aid. The author argues
that economic growth will eventually shape the
future format of the East Timorese nation as
either a new self-confident political player or a withdrawn peasant nation.
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Leiden Journal of International Law
(2006), 19: 305-337 Cambridge University Press
Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law in Timor Leste
LAURA GRENFELL
Abstract
Many transitional countries face the problem of
establishing the rule of law in a weak justice
sector where a gulf separates local legal norms
from national, constitutional norms that are
drawn largely from the international sphere. As a
case study of East Timor this article challenges
simplistic positivist notions about the normative
hierarchy of laws within a constitutionally
bounded polity. It argues that in transitional
countries such as East Timor legal pluralism is
important but must be properly tuned to serve the
rule of law. Legal pluralism poses certain
dangers when it operates without any of the
checks or balances that ensure accountability and
the promotion of constitutional values such as
equality. The rule of law is not served by an
informal system where there are no formal avenues
of appeal and thus minimal accountability and
transparency. A more promising version of legal
pluralism that comports with the rule of law is
one that empowers the state to monitor local
decisions to ensure that they observe the norms
set out in East Timor's Constitution.
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<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001//content/amsus/zmm;jsessionid=b0lb230cecgdf.henrietta>Military
Medicine, Volume 171, Number 1, January 2006, pp. 29-36(8)
<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001//content/amsus;jsessionid=b0lb230cecgdf.henrietta>Association
of Military Surgeons Of The U.S.
Humanitarian Aid Mission in East Timor:
Experiences of U.S. Naval Medical Services
Authors: Carrigan,
Kenichi<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001/#aff_1>1;
Won,
Erik<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001/#aff_2>2;
Ancona,
Michael<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001/#aff_3>3;
Laverty,
Bruce<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001/#aff_3>3;
Rhee,
Peter<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/amsus/zmm/2006/00000171/00000001/#aff_3>3
Abstract:
The U.S. military was actively involved in
humanitarian aid throughout the world for much of
the 20th century and is likely to continue in
this role well into the 21st century. During the
recent Western Pacific Deployment, we were called
on to provide assistance to the local population
in East Timor in what is called a humanitarian
assistance operation. This article explores this
increasingly important role of military medicine
and is written in hopes of providing insight to
future teams planning altruistic deployments to
underserved countries. The spectrum of topics
covered includes personnel, equipment, supplies,
resources, and the type of medical needs that
were met. This information may also be useful as
a reference for military and nonmilitary health
care workers who find themselves assisting people and nations in need.
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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Issue: Volume 53, Number 4 / August 2006
Pages: 637 - 649
Whole-rock geochemistry of the Hili Manu
peridotite, East Timor: implications for the origin of Timor ophiolites *
T. J. Falloon , R. F. Berry , P. Robinson , A. J. Stolz
School of Earth Sciences and Centre for Marine
Science, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia
School of Earth Sciences and CODES, University of
Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia
Abstract:
The Hili Manu peridotite occupies a key position
at the outer limit of continental crust on the
north coast of East Timor. Most models for the
tectonic evolution of the Outer Banda Arc
interpret peridotite bodies on Timor, such as
Hili Manu, as fragments of young oceanic
lithosphere from the Banda Arc (upper plate).
However, recent workers have used major-element
geochemistry to argue that the peridotite bodies
on Timor were derived from the Australian
subcontinental lithosphere. Our major, trace and
isotopic geochemical study of the Hili Manu
peridotite body supports a supra-subduction
origin from either a forearc or backarc position
for the Hili Manu peridotite. In particular, the
wide range in Nd and Sr isotopic compositions,
overlapping that of arc volcanics from the Sunda
Banda Island arc, and highly fractionated Nb/Ta
values indicate a supra-subduction setting. As
there is no evidence for subduction beneath the
rifted Australian continental margin, it is
unlikely that the Hili Manu peridotite is
Australian subcontinental lithosphere. This
result, along with the clear supra-subduction
setting of the Ocuzzi peridotite and associated
volcanics in West Timor, gives support to the
interpretation that the Miocene collision between
the Banda Arc and the Australian continental
margin has produced widespread Cordilleran-style ophiolites on Timor.
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