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This page contains a bibliography of resources pertaining to the theme of nation building in Timor-Leste. If you would like to suggest an addition to this bibliography, please email anna.trembath@rmit.edu.au with a full reference, and a weblink or PDF file where available. Additions to this bibliography in languages other than English are welcome.

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Useful Websites
    . The Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation CAVR)
    This is the official website of the Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation. It contains an array of information including recent and past media releases, reports and other documents.
    . East Timor: An Introduction to the History, Politics and Culture of Southeast Asia's Youngest Nation
    Academic Andrea K. Molnar's comprehensive web course for the Department of Anthropology and Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, May 2005. The course includes a section on nation-building and many bibliographic references.
    . The East Timor and Indonesian Action Network (ETAN)
    ETAN is an activist network and was founded in 1991 to support the East Timorese struggle for self-determination and human rights justice. Since Timor-Leste's independence ETAN has revised its role to be a United States-based grassroots organization that "educates, organizes, and advocates for human rights, women's rights, societal and economic justice, democracy and genuine self-determination in East Timor". The organization is particularly concerned with "justice for historic and ongoing crimes against humanity, war crimes, and human rights violations", and this website includes many materials relevant to the theme of nation building.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme
    This multilingual site details the work of the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) as well as providing many resources on the formal justice system in Timor-Leste.
    . United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and the United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste
    UNMIT is the current United Nations mission in Timor-Leste and was established on 25 August 2006 as a response to the socio-political crisis affecting Timor-Leste since April. This site provides comprehensive information about the mission as well as detailing the work of the individual UN agencies.
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Reports
    . Amnesty International and the Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Justice for Timor-Leste: The way forward, Joint report issued by Amnesty International and the Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Indonesia and Timor-Leste, 13 April 2004.
    . Asian Development Bank and UNIFEM, Gender and Nation Building in Timor-Leste: Country Gender Assessment, Asian Development Bank, Manila, November 2005.
    . Brady, Cynthia and David G. Timberman, The Crisis in Timor-Leste: Causes, consequences and options for conflict management and mitigation, USAID, Dili, November 2006.
    . Brown, Michael, Jacqueline Vavra, Jay Singh, Gene Ward, and Sidonio Freitas, Conflict Assessment: East Timor, USAID, Washington, May 2004.
    . Brunnstrom, C., Loron Aban Hahu Ohin - The Future is Today, Report on the Relationship between Timorese and International NGOs in East Timor, for Oxfam, November 2000.
    . Curtain, Richard, 'Crisis in Timor-Leste: Looking for the causes to find solutions', Austral Policy Forum 06-25A, Nautilus Institute, 31 July 2006.
    . Development Alternatives International, Sustainability Assessment of the National Cooperative Business Association East Timor Coffee Activity, Prepared for USAID Asia and the Near East Bureau, Bethesda, Maryland, June 2001.
    . Fitzpatrick, Daniel, Land Issues in a Newly Independent East Timor Research Paper, No. 21, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra 2000-01.
    . Garrison, Randall, The Role Of Constitution-Building Processes in Democratization: Case Study East Timor 2005, International IDEA Democracy-building & Conflict Management (DCM), Dili, 2005.
    . Holthouse, Kym and Damian Grenfell, Social and Economic Development in Oecusse, Timor-Leste, Oxfam Australia and the Globalism Institute, Dili and Melbourne, 2008 (English version and Indonesian version - report and cover).
    . Holthouse, Kym and Damian Grenfell, Research Project into Impacts of Economic Development and Border Policy Options for Oecusse, Timor-Leste, Stage One: Terms of Reference for Stage Two of Study, for Oxfam Australia, Timor-Leste, Dili, June 2007.
    . International Crisis Group, Resolving Timor-Leste's Crisis, Asia Report no. 120, International Crisis Group, Jakarta and Brussels, 10 October 2006.
    . Kent, Lia, Independent Evaluation: Commission on Cadres of the Resistance (CAQR), World Bank, Dili, May 2006.
    . Oxfam, Overview of the Coffee Sector in Timor-Leste, Oxfam CAA, Dili, January 2003.
    . Oxfam, Overview of the Coffee Sector in Timor-Leste, Update November 2003-February 2004, Oxfam CAA, Dili, 2004.
    . Planning Commission, East Timor 2020: Our nation, our future, Dili, 2002.
    . Planning Commission, East Timor: National development plan, Dili, 2002.
    . Ribeiro, Anacleto, and Marcelino X. Magno, The Advocacy Environment for East Timorese NGOs and Case Studies of Four Advocacy NGOs' Program in Democracy and Social Change, Timor Institute of Development Studies, Dili, May, 2004.
    . Scambary, James with Hippolito Da Gama and Joao Barreta, A Survey of Gangs and Youth Groups in Dili, Timor-Leste, A report commissioned by Australia's Agency for International Development, AusAID, Dili, 15 September 2006.
    . Shires, D., Situation Analysis of Civil Society Organisations in East Timor, Report to UNDP, Dili, 2002.
    . Siapno, Jacqueline, External Evaluation Report of Concern's Program on Transitional Development and Empowerment of Rural Women in Lautem and Ainaro Districts, East Timor, Dili, 2002.
    . Swaine, Aisling, Traditional Justice and Gender Based Violence, International Rescue Committee, Dili, 2003.
    . Trindade, Jose 'Josh' and Bryant Castro, Rethinking Timorese Identity as a Peacebuilding Strategy: The Lorosa'e - Loromonu Conflict from a Traditional Perspective, The European Union's Rapid Reaction Mechanism Programme: Technical Assistance to the National Dialogue Process in Timor-Leste, Dili, 6 June 2007.
    . United Nations, Regulation No. 2001/10, On the Establishment of a Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, UNTAET/REG/2001/10, 13 July 2001.
    . United Nations, Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste, English version and Tetum version, United Nations, Geneva, 2 October 2006.
    . United Nations Development Programme, East Timor Human Development Report: Civil society and the future of East Timor, UNDP, Dili, 2002.
    . United Nations Development Programme, East Timor: The way ahead, national human development report 2002, UNDP, Dili, May 2002.
    . United Nations Development Programme, Timor-Leste Human Development Report: The path out of poverty, UNDP, Dili, 2006.
    . United Nations Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, United Nations Security Council, 6 November 2002.
    . UNTAET, On the Establishment of a Defence Force for East Timor, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, UNTAET/REG/2001/1, 31 January 2001.
    . World Bank, Timor-Leste: Key issues in governance, World Bank, Dili, April 2004.
    . World Bank, World Bank Country Assistance Strategy for Timor-Leste FY 06-08: Creating the conditions for sustainable growth and poverty reduction, World Bank, Dili, 18 August 2005.
    . World Bank, Timor-Leste Education: The way forward, World Bank Country Report, December 2003.
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Books
    . Grenfell, Damian and Paul James, Millennial Nation: Violence, Identity and National Formation in Timor-Leste, Pluto, London, forthcoming 2007.
    . Gunn, Geoffrey C. and Huang Reyko, New Nation: United Nations peacebuilding in East Timor, Published by Geoffrey C Gunn, Macau, 2006.
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Book Chapters
    . Grenfell, Damian, ‘Finding the Soromutu: Violence, Identity and Nation- Formation in Timor-Leste’, in Damian Grenfell and Paul James, eds, Rethinking Security and Violence: Beyond Savage Globalization?, Routledge, London, forthcoming 2007.
    . Pomeroy J., 'Coffee and the Economy in East Timor', in Hal Hill and João M. Saldanha (eds), East Timor: Development challenges for the world's newest nation, Asia Pacific Press, Singapore, 2001.
    . Siapno, Jacqueline, 'Gender, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Agency in Aceh, Indonesia, and East Timor', in Marguerite R. Waller and Jennifer Rycenga (eds), Frontline Feminisms: Women, war, and resistance, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London, 2000.
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Journal Articles
    . Arenas, A., 'Education and Nationalism in East Timor', Social Justice, vol. 25, no. 2, summer 1998, pp. 131-148.
    . Beauvais, Joel C., 'Benevolent Despotism: A critique of UN state-building in East Timor', International Law and Politics, vol. 33, 2001, pp. 1101-78.
    . Brunnstrom, C., 'Another Invasion: Lessons from international support to East Timorese NGOs', Development in Practice, August 2003, vol. 13, iss. 4, pp. 310-321.
    . Candio, Patrick and Roland Bleiker, 'Peacebuilding in East Timor', The Pacific Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 63-84.
    . Carey, Peter, 'Challenging Tradition, Changing Society: The role of women in East Timor's transition to independence', Lusotopie, 2001, pp. 255-257.
    . Chopra, Jarat, 'Building State Failure in East Timor', Development and Change, vol. 33, no. 5, 2002, pp. 979-1000.
    . Cotton, James, 'Timor-Leste and the Discourse of State Failure', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 61, no. 4, December 2007 (forthcoming).
    . De Almeida Serra, A. M., 'Timor Loro Sa'e: It's hard to build a new country!...', Lusotopie, 2001, pp. 269-298.
    . De Sousa, I. C., 'The Portuguese Colonization and the Problem of East Timorese Nationalism', Lusotopie, 2001, pp. 183-194.
    . Engel, Rebecca E, 'Reaching for Stability: Strengthening civil society-donor partnerships in East Timor', Journal of International Affairs, vol. 57, Fall 2003.
    . Franks, Emma, 'Women and Resistance in East Timor: "The centre, as they say, knows itself by the margins"', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 19, nos. 1-2, 1996, pp. 155-168.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Nation Building and the Politics of Oil in East Timor', Arena Journal, no. 22, 2004, pp. 45-52.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Reconstituting the Nation: Reconciliation and the national community in Timor-Leste', Occasional Papers in Justice and International Studies, School of International Studies, RMIT University, 2006.
    . Hajek, J., N. Himmelmann, and J. Bowden, 'Lovaia: An East Timorese language on the verge of extinction', International Journal of the Sociology of Language, no. 160, 2003, pp. 155-167.
    . Hohe, Tanja, 'The Clash of Paradigms: International administration and local political legitimacy in East Timor', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 24, no. 3, December 2002.
    . Hohe, Tanja and Jarat Chopra, 'Participatory Intervention', Global Governance, vol. 10, 2004, pp. 289-305.
    . Hohe, Tanja, 'Totem Polls: Indigenous concepts and 'free and fair' elections in East Timor', International Peacekeeping, vol. 9, no.4, Winter 2002, pp. 69-88.
    . Hunt, J., 'Building a New Society: NGOs in East Timor', New Community Quarterly, vol. 2, No. 1, Autumn 2004.
    . Linton, S., 'Rising from the Ashes: The creation of a viable criminal justice system in East Timor', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 25, April 2002, pp. 122-180.
    . McWilliam, Andrew, 'Houses of Resistance in East Timor: Structuring sociality in the new nation', Anthropological Forum, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 27-44.
    . Molnar, Andrea K., '"Died in the Service of Portugal": Legitimacy of authority and dynamics of group identity among the Atsabe Kemak in East Timor', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, June 2006, pp. 335-355.
    . Rae, James, 'War Crimes Accountability: Justice and reconciliation in Cambodia and East Timor?', Global Change, Peace and Security, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2003, pp. 157-178.
    . Shoesmith, Dennis, 'Timor-Leste: Divided leadership in a semi-presidential system', Asian Survey, vol. 43, no. 2, 2003.
    . Suhrke, Astri, 'Peacekeepers as Nation-builders: Dilemmas of the UN in East Timor', International Peacekeeping, vol.8, no. 4, winter 2001, pp. 1-20.
    . Vale de Almeida, M., 'Epilogue of Empire: East Timor and the Portuguese postcolonial catharsis', Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, vol. 8, no. 4, 2001, pp. 583-605.
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Other Articles and Research Materials
    . Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Law No. /2003, Internal Security, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, National Parliament, 2003.
    . Forbes, Mark, 'East Timor fears grim future', The Age, 20 April, 2004.
    . Grenfell, Damian, ‘Making Modernity in Timor-Leste: The Post-Colonialism of Political Interpretation’, Arena Magazine, forthcoming 2007.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Making Modernity in Timor-Leste', Arena Magazine, no. 90, August-September 2007, pp. 9-12.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Reconstructing the Coffee Republic: Development and colonialism in Timor-Leste', Development Bulletin, no. 68, October 2005, pp. 83-86.
    . Holthouse, Kym, 'Playing the Man in Timor-Leste', Arena Magazine, Issue 84, August-September 2006, pp. 47-49.
    . NCBA, The Timor Economic Rehabilitation and Development Project (TERADP): A Briefing Paper, May 2003, Dili.
    . Siapno, Jacqueline, 'War and Peace in Aceh and East Timor: The Limitations of the Language We Use', Association of Social Scientists in Australia (ASAA) Bulletin, January 2001.
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Conference Papers
    . Bano, A., J. Hunt, and I. Patrick, 'Making the Most of the Capacity of Local NGOs in Relief, Reconstruction and Development: the case of East Timor', paper prepared for Rethinking Humanitarianism Conference, University of Queensland, 24-26 September 2001. Available in B. Evans-Kent and R. Bleiker, Rethinking Humanitarianism Conference Proceedings, University of Queensland, 2001, pp. 27-47.
    . De Lima, P. & Nunes, N. S. 'Social Movements in Timor', International Sociological Association, Brisbane, 2002.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'A Time for Glory: Violence, Nationalism, Imperialism and the Intervention in Timor-Leste', Relaxed and Comfortable Conference, Overland, Melbourne, March 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian and Kym Holthouse, 'From Independence to Crisis in Timor-Leste', Globalism Institute Research Seminar, RMIT University, Melbourne, July 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Conflict in East Timor: Causes, Consequences and Possible Ways Forward', Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, June 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Finding the Soromutu: Violence, Identity and Nation- Formation in Timor-Leste', Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, University of Surrey, UK, 12-13 June 2007.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Understanding the Conflict in Timor-Leste', Lecture, Bachelor of International Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, June 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Violence and Crisis in Timor-Leste', Institute of Postcolonial Studies, Melbourne, June 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian, ‘Violence and Development in Timor-Leste’, APHEDA Union Aid Abroad, Melbourne, June 2006.
    . Grenfell, Damian, 'Violence, Intervention and Rupture in Timor-Leste', the Second International Oceanic Conference, Melbourne University, Melbourne, July 2006.
    . Holthouse, Kym, 'Violence, Integration, Centre-Periphery in Timor-Leste', the Second International Oceanic Conference, Melbourne University, Melbourne, July 2006.
    . Walsh, P., 'New NGOs for a New East Timor: Discussion paper on the role of the East Timor NGO Forum (Fongtil)', Dili, 16 April 2000.
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Theses
    . Babo-Soares, Dionísio da Costa, Branching from the Trunk: East Timorese perceptions of nationalism in transition, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, The Australian National University, Department of Anthropology, 2003.
    . Chew, Emily, 'That Island is What I See in My Dreams': Performance and Politics in the Melbourne East Timorese Community: 1990-2004, Unpublished Honours Thesis, The University of Melbourne, October 2004.
    . Da Costa Freitas, Joao Cancio, The Development of a Model of Public Management for East Timor: A Framework for Local Governance, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Victoria University, Melbourne, 2002.
    . Dibley, Thushara, Habits of Language: The impact of colonial languages on the attitude and experience of the Indonesian-speaking Timorese, Unpublished Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, November 2004.
    . Drysdale, Jenny, Sustainable Development or Resource Cursed? An Exploration of Timor-Leste's Institutional Choices, Doctoral Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, 2007.
    . Nicholson, Dan, The Lorikeet Warriors: East Timorese new generation nationalist resistance, 1989-99, Unpublished Honours Thesis, Department of History, The University of Melbourne, October 2001.
    . Yoder, Laura Meitzner, Custom, Codification, Collaboration: Integrating the legacies of land and forest authorities in Oecusse enclave, East Timor, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Yale University, 2005.
 



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