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Competitive Nation-Building in Timor-Leste

With Particular Reference to the Discourse on the Postcolony s Language Tetralemma During the Years 2002-07
BuchGebunden
384 Seiten
Englisch
regiospectra Verlag Berlinerschienen am31.05.2012
Nation-building is a competitive practice - no matter how united a people were in their past struggle for independence, and no matter how convincingly pledges are made thereafter to preserve national unity. In 2002, Timor-Leste became a sovereign state. Starting from scratch after decades of resistance war, protagonists of varying age, education, and political backgrounds had rather different ideas of building their new community - as the Tetralemma of four formal languages illustrates in this book.This study explores the enormous challenges and exciting dynamics faced by emerging postcolonial and post-conflict nations. It explains why popular expectations of inclusiveness and stake, so vital to the success of liberation movements, turn into potential sources for distress after independence. Through a combined analytical approach of nationalism, sovereignty, collective memory, and strategic groups theory, nation-building is defined as the interest and ideology-driven construction of identity which, after all, constitutes a primarily political process.mehr

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KlappentextNation-building is a competitive practice - no matter how united a people were in their past struggle for independence, and no matter how convincingly pledges are made thereafter to preserve national unity. In 2002, Timor-Leste became a sovereign state. Starting from scratch after decades of resistance war, protagonists of varying age, education, and political backgrounds had rather different ideas of building their new community - as the Tetralemma of four formal languages illustrates in this book.This study explores the enormous challenges and exciting dynamics faced by emerging postcolonial and post-conflict nations. It explains why popular expectations of inclusiveness and stake, so vital to the success of liberation movements, turn into potential sources for distress after independence. Through a combined analytical approach of nationalism, sovereignty, collective memory, and strategic groups theory, nation-building is defined as the interest and ideology-driven construction of identity which, after all, constitutes a primarily political process.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-940132-47-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum31.05.2012
Seiten384 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.18046817
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
I. Nation-Building in Timor-Leste: Theory and Empiricism 1 II. Bipolarism in Contemporary Timorese Discourse 97III.The Timorese Discourse on the Language Tetralemma 167Claim 1: The old leadership did not adequately consult the young generation on language policy - The decision-making process 171Claim 2: Language policy does not reflect sociolinguistic realities - Tetum as an official, a national, and a majority language 175Claim 3: Language policy is based on identity rather than pragmatism - Portuguese as an elitist minority language 191 Claim 4: Portuguese strains resources much needed elsewhere - The effects of language policy 220Claim 5: Indonesian keeps us linked to the region, English to the world - The pragmatic choice 2495.1 Bahasa Indonesia: The unwanted majority language 2495.2 English: The salvific minority language 289IV. Conclusion: Framing Nation-Building and Language 311mehr