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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>A new book titled <i>Locating Democracy: Representation,
Elections and Governance</i> is now available from CDU Press.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>You can see more on the CDU Press website: <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://cdupress.cdu.edu.au/orders/cdu_press.find?book=locating-democracy">http://cdupress.cdu.edu.au/orders/cdu_press.find?book=locating-democracy</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Locating Democracy:
Representation, Elections and Governance in Timor-Leste</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>edited by Steven
Farram</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p>This book contains a selection of papers presented at a symposium, <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Locating Democracy: Representation,
Elections and Governance</span></em>, held in Dili on 26-27 April 2010. The
symposium was organised in response to the local government and
decentralisation reform policies of the Timor-Leste government. Part of the
reform program is the establishment of municipal assemblies, with the aim of
making democracy more representative. Four districts were being prepared for
the first municipal elections to be held in the second half of 2010, with
elections in the remaining nine districts to have been held in 2011. There has
been much discussion about this process in Timor-Leste and it was considered
that a symposium that brought together a range of stakeholders concerned with
the reform program shortly before the associated laws were to be introduced to
parliament would be a timely event. Only days before the symposium was to be
held, however, the President, followed by the Prime Minister and various MPs,
announced that more time was needed before the districts would be ready for
municipal elections, and it was generally conceded that they were unlikely to
take place before 2014. This turn of events did not inhibit symposium
participants&#8217; enthusiasm to be involved with the event, but rather led to
spirited discussions about the whole reform process and a range of views were
expressed on the best way forward. Erudition, clarity and a keen comprehension
of the issues at hand were features of the presentations at the symposium and it
is trusted that this selection of the papers brings those same qualities to the
ongoing debate on this important subject.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steven Farram</span></strong>
is a research associate at Charles Darwin University. His research interests
are the history and politics of the Northern Territory, Indonesia and
Timor-Leste.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Steve<o:p></o:p></p>

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