The Promise of Prosperity
| dc.contributor.editor | Bovensiepen, Judith | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-07 23:55 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-01 23:55:55 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-07 14:19:58 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-01T11:50:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-01T11:50:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier | 1002643 | |
| dc.identifier | OCN: 1082957587 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12657/27365 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states. | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1Q Other geographical groupings: Oceans and seas, historical, political etc::1QF Political, socio-economic, cultural and strategic groupings::1QFG Global South / Developing countries | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBA Relating to Indigenous peoples | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Timor-Leste | |
| dc.subject.other | Social Policy | |
| dc.subject.other | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject.other | Oil | |
| dc.title | The Promise of Prosperity | |
| dc.type | book | |
| oapen.identifier.doi | 10.22459/PP.2018 | |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 | |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781760462529 | |
| oapen.pages | 268 | |
| oapen.identifier.ocn | 1082957587 |
