[TimorLesteStudies] Reminder - Swinburne Seminar, Melbourne: Thursday, 12 November 2015 - A Long and Winding Road: the Government of "National Unity" in Timor-Leste and its implications: 12:00-1:00pm in AGSE211, Hawthorn Campus

[Michael Leach]

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[Description: SISR]

Swinburne Institute for Social Research - Seminar Series



Presenter: Dr Rui Graca Feijo, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Title: A Long and Winding Road: The Government of "National Unity" in Timor-Leste and its implications

Date: Thursday, 12 November 2015

Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm

Venue: AGSE211



Timor-Leste has made an unprecedented move earlier this year when Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao stepped aside to open up the door for a government of national inclusion.

This paper examines the long history of the idea of a government of national unity in the framework of the transition process from Indonesian rule to independence and democracy: a long and winding history of important consequences for the way in which the country has evolved over the last fifteen years. It then assesses the pros and cons of the current situation, calling special attention to the fact that political inclusion must be regarded in the framework of political institutions taken as a whole, rather than in every single one of them. The novel situation offers hope for broad consensus, but also raises doubts as to the role of the different institutions - namely the role of Parliament - in representing the ensemble of the Timorese citizenry and their wealth of opinions.

Dr Rui Graça Feijó is Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is the author of a number of works on semi-Presidentialism in Timor-Leste, and a former advisor to the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste.











- ALL Welcome -



http://www.sisr.net/
http://www.apo.org.au/
http://www.creative.org.au/
http://www.inside.org.au/




About SISR Seminar Series

The Swinburne Institute seminar series encourages interdisciplinary dialogue on contemporary social policy issues and related themes, featuring Swinburne staff and postgraduate students, as well as external guest speakers. Researchers at the Swinburne Institute work across a range of disciplines, including urban planning, economics, statistics, sociology, history, media studies and political science.



Upcoming Events

To be advised



Subscribe

For enquiries or subscribe to our seminar mailing list, please email: isrevents at swin.edu.au<mailto:isrevents at swin.edu.au>





Privacy<http://www.swinburne.edu.au/privacy.htm> | Unsubscribe<mailto:sisr at swin.edu.au?Subject=Unsubscribe>| © Swinburne | CRICOS number 00111D



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/easttimorstudies/attachments/20151109/b8cff82b/attachment-0001.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 81892 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
Url : http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/easttimorstudies/attachments/20151109/b8cff82b/attachment-0001.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 826 bytes
Desc: image002.gif
Url : http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/easttimorstudies/attachments/20151109/b8cff82b/attachment-0001.gif