Overview

For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transform

Full Product Details

Author:   Ms Judith Bovensiepen
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781760462529

ISBN 10:   1760462527
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   18 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Part I: Looking at the future through the past Progress and propaganda in Timor-Leste: Visions of the future in comparative historical perspective The Timor Oil Company's network, 1956–1968: Interacting internal and external infrastructures Part II: State visions of development Political and economic challenges of petroleum dependency in Timor-Leste Piloting the experimental ZEESM megaproject: Performing the future in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave Expropriation or plunder? Property rights and infrastructure development in Oecusse Just a dream? The struggle for national resource sovereignty and oil infrastructure development along Timor-Leste’s south coast Reconsidering reintegration: Veterans’ benefits as state-building Part III: Alternative moral economies of prosperity Expressions of the 'good life’ and visions of the future: Reflections from Dili and Uatolari Looking back into the future: Temporalities of hope among the Fataluku (Lautém) Negotiating ‘darkness’ and ‘light’: Meshworks of fluidity and fire in Baucau Misreading the night: The shadows and light of a solar technology Christianity and kultura: Visions and pastoral projects

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions