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Land rights in peacebuilding discourse: domination and resistance in Timor-Leste’s Ita Nia Rai program
Australian Journal of International Affairs ( IF 1.656 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 , DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2021.1909533
Maxim Mancino 1 , Srinjoy Bose 2
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ABSTRACT

The development of land rights programs is deeply rooted in power relations. Using discourse analysis, this paper unpacks how Western logics (assumptions and conventions) regarding ‘best practices’ for property rights institutions and tenure security impact the design of peacebuilding programs. In 2017, the Government of Timor-Leste passed a controversial Land Law Package. These laws were initially developed for a USAID land reform program. But local dynamics, actions, and interests were ignored. Examining civil society exclusion from decision-making infers a reluctance to acknowledge local voices and practices that threaten liberal peacebuilding interests. This paper is organised into two parts. In the first, we argue that peacebuilding ‘best practices’ reflect how dominant Western discourses create conceptual boundaries (‘violent hierarchies’) to restrict the recognition of indigenous ideas as legitimate. In the second, we examine Timorese civil society efforts to improve the land reform program through acts of resistance to bodies of authority. Overall, we illuminate how in Timor-Leste Western assumptions and conventions contributed to boundaries to local participation, which contradicts liberal narratives of empowerment and capacity-building.



中文翻译:

建设和平话语中的土地权利:东帝汶 Ita Nia Rai 计划中的统治和抵抗

摘要

土地权利计划的发展深深植根于权力关系。使用话语分析,本文解开了西方关于产权制度和保有权保障“最佳实践”的逻辑(假设和惯例)如何影响建设和平计划的设计。2017 年,东帝汶政府通过了有争议的一揽子土地法。这些法律最初是为美国国际开发署的土地改革计划制定的。但是当地的动态、行动和利益被忽略了。审查民间社会被排除在决策之外的情况意味着他们不愿承认威胁自由建设和平利益的当地声音和做法。本文分为两部分。首先,我们认为,建设和平的“最佳实践”反映了占主导地位的西方话语如何创造概念界限(“暴力等级制度”)以限制对本土思想合法性的承认。在第二部分,我们考察了东帝汶民间社会通过抵制权威机构改善土地改革计划的努力。总体而言,我们阐明了东帝汶西方的假设和惯例如何导致地方参与的界限,这与赋权和能力建设的自由叙述相矛盾。

更新日期:2021-04-05
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