Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste

Dennis Shoesmith

doi:10.1177/1868103419889759

Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste

Dennis Shoesmith

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This study identifies and explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of the competitive political party system in East Timor from its beginnings in the 1970s to the difficult and sometimes violent transition since independence in 2002 towards a semi-developed competitive party system. It reviews the organizational character of the two major Parties: FRETILIN and the CNRT and the minor parties in the national parliament and the nature of intra-party factionalism in contemporary politics in what is an under-institutionalized and a predominantly personalistic system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	167-186
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
Volume	39
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1868103419889759 https://doi.org/10.1177/1868103419889759
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

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