East Timor : the price of liberty /
Kingsbury, Damien.
New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index.
Conceptual considerations -- Distant and regional colonialism -- Critical issues in the independence struggle -- The UN's benign colonialism -- Transition to independence --Capacity and conflict -- The 2007 elections -- Democratic consolidation, or a failed state?.