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Author:   Susana de Matos Viegas ,  Rui Feijó
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781138691438

ISBN 10:   1138691437
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Introduction: exploring cohabitations in Timor-Leste Susana de Matos and Rui Graça Feijó Part I Contexts for a ""revival of custom"" 1. Returning to origin places in an expanding world: customary ritual in independent Timor-Leste Elisabeth G. Traube 2. Hunting and harvesting in the commons: on the cultural politics of custom Andrew McWilliam 3. The re-assertion of sacralised authority in post-occupation Uato-Lari Susana Barnes 4. Territorialities of the fallen heroes Susana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça Feijó Part II Land and territory 5. The challenges of establishing a land tenure system in a newly independent state Dionisio Babo Soares 6. Navigating without a compass: state transition in Timor-Leste’s formal land tenure system Bernardo Almeida 7. Reconceptualizing land and territory in Oecusse Ambeno’s enclave’s special economic zone Laura S. Meitzner Yoder 8. Exchange, water and motif in an etic genre of narrative David Hicks Part III Governance and democracy 9. An ecology of governance: rethinking the state and political community M. Anne Brown and Damian Grenfell 10. Managing persons and rituals: economic pedagogy as government tactics Kelly Silva 11. Local administration: a view from Vemasse Michael Leach 12. At home we wear cawat, outside we wear a tie: cohabitation and political legitimacy in grass-roots democracy Rui Graça Feijó 13. Conflict resolution and the making of personhood in Lisadila, Maubara Daniel S. Simião"

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Susana de Matos Viegas is Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Rui Graça Feijó is Research Fellow at the Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, and the Institute for Contemporary History, New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

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