South-East Asia : a political profile by Kingsbury, Damien

Table of Contents: “…Constructing the modern state -- Authority and legitimacy -- Economic and political development -- Security issues -- Burma: the garrison state -- Thailand: the survivor mandala -- Laos: the land in between -- Cambodia: 'the dancing country' -- Vietnam: the little dragon -- Malaysia: inclusion and exclusion -- Brunei: floating on oil -- Philippines: oligarchic democracy -- Singapore: the corporate state -- Indonesia: diversity in unity -- East Timor: the difficult birth of a new state.…”


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Fire and the full moon : Canada and Indonesia in a decolonizing world by Webster, David, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Canada, the United Nations, and the decolonization of Indonesia, 1945-49 -- The golden bridge : Canada and Indonesian economic development, 1950-63 -- Non-state networks and modernizing elites in the Sukarno years -- Canada, alliance politics, and the West New Guinea dispute, 1957-63 -- Canada, confrontation, and the end of empire in Southeast Asia, 1963-66 -- Pebbles in many shoes : development in Indonesia, decolonization in East Timor, 1968-99.…”
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Friends indeed? : the United Nations, groups of friends, and the resolution of conflict by Whitfield, Teresa

Table of Contents: “…At Cold War's end: peacemaking and the emergence of groups -- The first friends : friends of the secretary-general for El Salvador -- Friends and the "ripening" of peace in Guatemala -- Principal friend : the United States and the long haul in Haiti -- The Georgian-Abkhaz conflict : friends and the anomaly of Russia -- Self-determination and realpolitik : the story of western Sahara -- East Timor and the core group : a question of timing -- Groups and the variable geometry of UN peacemaking -- Conclusions.…”


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Constructing allied cooperation : diplomacy, payments, and power in multilateral military coalitions by Henke, Marina E., 1982-

Table of Contents: “…-- Chaining communists : the Korean War (1950-1953) -- Saving Darfur : UNAMID (2007- ) -- Fighting for independence in East Timor : INTERFET -- Resisting rebels in Chad and the Central African Republic : EUFOR Chad-CAR (2008-2009) -- Power, diplomacy and diplomatic networks.…”
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The role of information and communication technologies in post-conflict reconstruction by Kelly, Tim

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Guardians of power : the myth of the liberal media by Edwards, David, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…The mass media : neutral, honest, psychopathic -- Iraq : the sanctions of mass destruction -- Iraq disarmed : burying the 1991-98 weapons inspections -- Iraq : gunning for war and burying the dead -- Afghanistan : let them eat grass -- Kosovo : real bombs, fictional genocide -- East Timor : the practical limits of crusading humanitarianism -- Haiti : the hidden logic of exploitation -- Idolatory link : Reagan, the 'cheerful conservative' and 'Chubby Bubba' Clinton -- Climate change : the ultimate media betrayal -- Disciplined media : professional conformity to power -- Towards a compassionate media -- Full human dissent.…”


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Sinophone Southeast Asia : Sinitic voices across the Southern Seas

Table of Contents: “…From ang moh hong mao to phi jun pi jun : the role of Southern Min in early contacts between Chinese and European languages / Picus Sizhi Ding -- At the periphery of Nanyang : the Hakka community of Timor-Leste / Juliette Huber -- Language contact and lexical changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and beyond / Joanna Rose McFarland -- The nature of Sinitic lexicon in Bazaar Malay and Baba Malay in Singapore / Khin Khin Aye -- Native lexical innovation in Penang Hokkien : thinking beyond Rojak / Catherine Churchman -- A preliminary study of Kaoka Kaojia playscripts in the Philippines / Caroline Chia -- "Do you love China or not" : late-colonial textbooks to learn Mandarin through Malay / Tom Hoogervorst.…”
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A post-liberal peace by Richmond, Oliver P.

Table of Contents: “…Civil society, needs and welfare -- The culture of liberal peacebuilding -- Critical perspectives of liberal peacebuilding : Cambodia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo and Timor Leste -- De-romanticising the local : implications for post-liberal peacebuilding -- Hybridity and the infrapolitics of peacebuilding. …”
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The imagined life : the art of Wendy Sharpe.

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Design in the borderlands

Table of Contents: “…Design in the borderlands: an introduction / Tony Fry and Eleni Kalantidou -- China vs China: conflict and translation / Tony Fry -- Back to the Third World: the Greek experience / Eleni Kalantidou -- Modernity and design in the Arab world: professional identity and social responsibility / Samer Akkach -- Timor-Leste: unlearning in order to be / Tony Fry -- Urban design for the global south: ontological design in practice / Paul James -- Africa: designing as existence / Helder Pereira and Coral Gillett -- Counter-mapping and globalism / Peter Alec Hall -- A note from Brazil: looking at the production of design knowledge in Brazil / Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos -- Looking from the other side of the street: youth, participation and the arts in the edgelands of urban Manchester / Janet Batsleer and Jenny Hughes -- An exchange: questions from Tony Fry and Eleni Kalantidou and answers from Walter Mignolo / Tony Fry and Eleni Kalantidou.…”


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Indonesia beyond Suharto : polity, economy, society, transition

Table of Contents: “…Emmerson -- Voting and violence : Indonesia and East Timor in 1999 / Donald K. Emmerson.…”


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The essential Chomsky by Chomsky, Noam

Table of Contents: “…Skinner's Verbal Behavior -- Preface to Aspects of the Theory of Syntax -- Methodological Preliminaries -- The Responsibility of Intellectuals -- On Resistance -- Language and Freedom -- Notes on Anarchism -- The Rule of Force in International Affairs -- Watergate: A Skeptical View -- The Remaking of History -- Foreign Policy and the Intelligentsia -- The United States and East Timor -- The Origins of the "Special Relationship" -- Planning for Global Hegemony -- The View Beyond: Prospects for the Study of Mind -- Containing the Enemy -- Introduction to The Minimalist Program -- New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind -- Containing the Enemy -- Introduction to The Minimalist Program -- New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind -- Intentional Ignorance and Its Uses -- A World Without War -- Reflections on 9-11 --Language and the Brain -- United States-Israel-Palestine -- Imperial Grand Strategy -- Afterword to Failed States.…”


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The malay archipelago by Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Tenth Edition; 1 Physical Geography; 2 Singapore; 3 Malacca and Mount Ophir; 4 Borneo: The Orangutan; 5 Borneo: Journey in the Interior; 6 Borneo: The Dayaks; 7 Java; 8 Sumatra; 9 Natural History of the Indo-Malay Islands; 10 Bali and Lombok; 11 Lombok: Manners and Customs of the People; 12 Lombok: How the Rajah Took the Census; 13 Timor; 14 Natural History of the Timor Group; 15 Sulawesi; 16 Sulawesi; 17 Sulawesi; 18 Natural History of Sulawesi; 19 Banda; 20 Ambon; 21 Maluku: Ternate; 22 Halmahera…”
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Political Economy of Statebuilding : Power after Peace. by Berdal, Mats

Table of Contents: “…13 Building a state and 'statebuilding': East Timor and the UN, 1999-2012 -- 14 The political economy of statebuilding in Kosovo -- 15 From new dawn to quicksand: The political economy of statebuilding in Afghanistan -- 16 The political economy of statebuilding in Burundi -- 17 The political economy of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan -- 18 The political economy of statebuilding in Haiti: Informal resistance to security-first statebuilding -- 19 Georgia and the political economy of statebuilding…”
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From Kinshasha to Kandahar : Canada and fragile states in historical perspective

Table of Contents: “…Spooner -- The Politics of African Intervention: Canada and Biafra, 1967-70 / Stephanie Bangarth -- Failing Fragile States: Canada and East Timor / David Webster -- Entangled: Canadian Engagement in Haiti, 1968-2010 / Andrew S. …”
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Advanced and Applied Studies on Ultra-Trace Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Carbonates Using SN-ICPMS and LA-ICPMS by Wu, Chung-Che

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Approach I: Direct determination of carbonate REES in femtogram quantities by solution nebulization-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(SN-ICPMS) -- Application I: Pinatubo volcanic eruption exacerbated an abrupt coral mortality event in 1991 summer -- Approach II: Highly-sensitive open-cell laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(LA-ICPMS) approaches for the quantification of rare earth elements in carbonates at parts-per-billion levels -- Application II: Stalagmite-based micro-domain tephra fingerprints in East Timor between 88 to 78 ka BP -- Summary and perspective.…”
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Population Change and Impacts in Asia and the Pacific

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Part 1: Population Distribution -- Trends in population change in the Asia-Pacific region -- Impact of rapid population decline on the Japanese regional economy: Utilizing the regional CGE model -- Designing a spatial decision support system for Australia’s capital city using spatial microsimulation -- City size distribution in Colombia and its regions, 1835-2005 -- Micro and macro drivers of long-distance commuting in Chile: The role of spatial distribution of economic activities and population -- Part 2: Migration and Development -- Regionally targeted migration policy as an instrument for regional development: a general equilibrium assessment -- Dynamics of circulation and the size of the diaspora population: the case of trans-Tasman migration -- Winners and losers in overseas graduate migration in Australia -- The impact of immigration on the New Zealand labour market -- Population movement and regional integration in the Pacific: towards a different ‘South Pacific society’ in the 21st century -- Migration and regional development in East Timor -- Part 3: Population Age Composition and Impacts -- The present situation and prospect of China’s ageing population -- Population ageing in India -- Evidence from Asia on fertility decline, the child deficit and the changing values of children -- Situational stressors: A preliminary analysis predicting elder abuse or neglect in Thailand.…”
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Community Arts by Comte, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- Community Arts in Australia: An Overview -- Challenges for local cultural development -- Maggie Maguire -- Jennifer Barry -- Community arts in Timor-Leste 2001-2011: The contribution of the arts to international development goals -- Marion Matthews -- Pans on Fire -- From Trinidad toTaggerty: The Art of Community Recovery -- Upper Yarra Community Arts at ECOSS Environment Park -- Fire and Water -- an exploration of two community arts projects -- The Intangible Conduit of Cultural Brokerage in The Global Poetics Tour…”
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Indonesian destinies by Friend, Theodore

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: The largest Muslim nation -- SUKARNO: Indonesia, the devouring nurturer -- Guided chaos -- Ego, voice, vertigo -- Mass murder -- SUHARTO: The smile of progress -- The new Majapahit Empire -- The sound of silence -- The last years of living securely -- Behind, beyond, beneath the power structure -- Indonesia burning -- SUCCESSION: Forcing out Suharto -- Smoke -- New leaders, new Islam -- Election 1999: Reds, Greens, Blues, Yellows -- East Timor -- Anarcho-democracy -- Epilogue: Sukarno's daughter in the palace -- Chronology -- Glossary.…”
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Forced migration, reconciliation, and justice

Table of Contents: “…The case of Lebanon / Nancy Maroun -- The Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation and the 2006 displacement crisis in Timor-Leste : reflections on truth-telling, dialogue, and durable solutions / Luiz Vieira -- The challenge of prosecuting forced displacement at the International Criminal Court : the case of Kenya / Paige Morrow, Jennifer Winstanley -- The Palestinian refugee issue : intangible needs and moral acknowledgement / Michael Molloy, John Bell, Nicole Waintraub, Ian B. …”
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