This dissertation examines place, alternative histories, postcolonial identities and contested issues of multiculturalism in Australia through the medium of community-based theatre and other performances. The title, “Dramas in Darwin,” refers both to the coalitional, intercultur…
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The study of public perceptions on nationalism continues to be problematic for sociology and the social sciences. For example, do the people of Catalan think of themselves first as being Catalonians, or are they Spanish or even European? Likewise, if the people have a hard time …
Historical and contemporary practices of rural land and forest regulation demonstrate a wide range of interactions among customary and state authorities. In East Timor's Oecusse enclave, autonomous local authorities have long sought to access and to control forest products, incl…
This dissertation documents the consequences for women's activism when the United Nations acted as government in East Timor between October 1999 and May 2002. After 25 years of Indonesian rule, the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to become an independent State on 30 August 19…
Since the end of the Cold War, the United Nations and Western states have responded to severe internal crises of conflict-ridden territories by intervening and directly managing their internal affairs with the purported aim of strengthening state capacity. In some instances, ext…
This dissertation project examines the role of identity, the politics of identity contestation and domestic political structures as part of the mechanisms and processes that may be involved in the decisions that states make regarding disengagement from their colonial and territo…
When European powers lost their hold over their empires, most colonies gained independence. This was not the case for Italy's Eritrea and Portugal's Timor, however. Both became subject to secondary colonialisms when Ethiopia annexed Eritrea, and Indonesia invaded and occupied Ea…
There is increasing recognition of the need for timely and appropriate support for post-conflict rehabilitation. Restoring access to healthcare services and laying the foundations for health system development are vital components of post-conflict rehabilitation work in the heal…
This work is a multi-country, multi-method investigation into the effectiveness of trade capacity building assistance, or aid for trade (AfT), at increasing the exports of recipient countries. Building off of previous statistical studies of AfT, including Bearce et al (2010), Br…