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Poor people’s politics in East Timor

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Poor people attempting to claim a share of resources in post-conflict societies seek allies internationally and nationally in attempts to empower their campaigns. In so doing, they mobilise the languages of liberalism, nationalism and local cultural tradition selectively and opportunistically both to justify stances that transgress the strictures of local culture and to cement alliances with more powerful actors. In the case of poor widows in East Timor the languages of nationalism, ritual and justice were intermingled in a campaign aimed at both international actors and the national state in a bid to claim a position of status in the post-conflict order.

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  • Caroline Hughes, 2015. "Poor people’s politics in East Timor," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 908-928, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:36:y:2015:i:5:p:908-928
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1029906
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    1. Diego Maiorano & Suruchi Thapar‐Björkert & Hans Blomkvist, 2022. "Politics as Negotiation: Changing Caste Norms in Rural India," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 53(1), pages 217-248, January.

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