The crisis of governance in new subsistence states

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-101

  Nixon, Rod ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Timor; Mediation; State development; Subsistence; Traditional justice; Weak state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644821626     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330680000051     Document Type: Article

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