Momentum Amp the East Timor Indecb

This book examines the campaigns by people in the United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor. Through interviews with activists and intellectuals involved in the movement from 1975 to 1999, it explores "momentum" and "turning points" as perceptions in the minds of individual movement actors.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Rationality of Social Movement Momentum
Chapter 2: Broken Promises of Non-Interference in East Timor
Chapter 3: The East Timor Debate Comes to Cornell
Chapter 4: U.S. Campaigns of the East Timor Independence Movement
Chapter 5: Turning Points 1980-1992
Chapter 6: The Campaign of 1993-1994: Targeting Catholics
Chapter 7: Intra-East Timorese Dialogue Campaign 1995-1996: Moments of Truth
Chapter 8: Turning Points 1996-1998
Chapter 9: Turning Points 1999

About the author

By Shane Gunderson

Summary

This book examines the campaigns by people in the United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor. Through interviews with activists and intellectuals involved in the movement from 1975 to 1999, it explores “momentum” and “turning points” as perceptions in the minds of individual movement actors.

Product details

• Authors: Shane Gunderson, Gunderson Shane
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781498502344
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0234-4
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, South East Asia, Social and cultural anthropology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, Peace studies & conflict resolution