[TimorLesteStudies] Report: Myrttinen : Up in Smoke: Impoverishment and Instability in Post-Independence Timor Leste
Bu Wilson
Bu.Wilson at anu.edu.au
Thu Jun 12 15:50:01 EST 2008
Myrttinen, H. (2007). Up in Smoke: Impoverishment and Instability in
Post-Independence Timor-Leste. Helsinki, Kehitysyhteistyön Palvelukeskus:
23pp.
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. An introduction to Timor Leste
A brief historical overview
2. The Political Crisis
Timeline of events (based in part on UN, 2006a)
A closer look at the political elite
The role of civil society
3. Socio-economic factors
Petroleum to the rescue?
Food insecurity
Trade, not aid?
New-found friends?
4. Security issues
Security forces part of the problem, not the solution?
Public Enemy Number One? The Gangs of Dili
History and Structure of the Gangs
Weaponry
Locating gang violence in class and the hood
Business first?
5. Cultural background
6. The international community a paradigmatic failure?
Rivalry within the international community
7. In conclusion...
References
http://www.kepa.fi/palvelut/julkaisut/taustaselvitykset/pdf/11_myrttinen_hen
ri_up_in_smoke.pdf
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