{"product_id":"independent-timor-leste-douglas-kammen-9781108457583","title":"Independent Timor-Leste: Between Coercion and Consent","description":"This Element explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste across four distinct periods. The contrast between coercion under colonial rule and consent expressed through the 1999 referendum on independence exerted a powerful influence on scholarship on Timor-Leste's politics and future. Since the restoration of independence in 2002, however, politics in Timor-Leste are best understood in terms of powerful economic constraints during the first Fretilin government (2002-6), and thereafter, thanks to revenue from the country's petroleum reserves, a ruling strategy based on a wide range of inducements (rather than genuine consent).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Kammen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108457584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108457583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Douglas Kammen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120831295743,"sku":"9781108457583","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dff1ef55-9976-4d5d-a13d-dca415d80bff.jpg?v=1687416525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/independent-timor-leste-douglas-kammen-9781108457583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}