TY - JOUR
T1 - Liberal Peacebuilding in Timor Leste
T2 - The Emperor's New Clothes?
AU - Richmond, Oliver P.
AU - Franks, Jason
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - A critical examination of the effort to build a liberal peace since 1999 in East Timor illustrates that to a large degree the liberal peace model has failed the East Timorese people. There are two aspects to this: the first is the failure to construct a social contract between society and its institutions of governance. This is related to the broader issue of the social legitimacy of, and contract with, international actors derived from society and its complex groupings. The second is the failure, at least in the transitional period, to respond to the experiences of everyday life and welfare requirements of the new state's citizens.
AB - A critical examination of the effort to build a liberal peace since 1999 in East Timor illustrates that to a large degree the liberal peace model has failed the East Timorese people. There are two aspects to this: the first is the failure to construct a social contract between society and its institutions of governance. This is related to the broader issue of the social legitimacy of, and contract with, international actors derived from society and its complex groupings. The second is the failure, at least in the transitional period, to respond to the experiences of everyday life and welfare requirements of the new state's citizens.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045022539&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13533310802041436
DO - 10.1080/13533310802041436
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045022539
SN - 1353-3312
VL - 15
SP - 185
EP - 200
JO - International Peacekeeping
JF - International Peacekeeping
IS - 2
ER -