Constant renewal of the separation of powers is also necessary. The authors argue that constant renewal of liberation networks is critical for peace with justice – feminist networks for the liberation of women, preventive diplomacy networks for liberation of victims of war, village development networks, civil society networks. Yet, as events in Timor-Leste since independence show, the nodes of networks of freedom can themselves become nodes of tyranny. This book presents freedom in Timor-Leste as an accomplishment of networked governance, arguing that weak networks are capable of controlling strong tyrannies. Twenty-four years later, the Timorese were allowed to choose their political future and the new country of Timor-Leste came into being in 2002. But inside Timor-Leste various resistance networks maintained their struggle, against all odds. Initial international condemnation of the invasion was quickly replaced by widespread acceptance of Indonesian sovereignty. The Indonesian invasion of the former Portuguese colony in 1975 was widely considered to have permanently crushed the Timorese independence movement. This book offers a new approach to the extraordinary story of Timor-Leste.
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