Transnational Crime and State-Building: The Case of Timor-Leste

Part of a special issue on the role of criminal organizations and individuals, and that of political states and their economic partners in transnational crime. A study was conducted to examine transnational crime and state-building. Data were obtained from nongovernmental organization reports, media...

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Main Author: Stanley, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: Social justice
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 124-137
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Social Justice
Human Rights
Diplomatic protection
International Law
Intervention (International law)
Political development
Transnational Crime
nation building
Economic history
Crime
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Summary:Part of a special issue on the role of criminal organizations and individuals, and that of political states and their economic partners in transnational crime. A study was conducted to examine transnational crime and state-building. Data were obtained from nongovernmental organization reports, media reports, and a review of the literature on the state-building project in Timor Leste. Findings revealed that state-building as a response to transnational crime can lead to more transnational crime and greater harm. Findings also revealed that this has occurred because international actors have been negligent in the processes and practices of state-building, and because they have reconfigured social, economic and political priorities to align with their own interests rather than local needs. Findings imply that such negligent and “productive” responses to transnational crime are themselves transnational crimes of globalization.
ISSN:2327-641X