Description: Drawing on comparative studies, this book examines the role of custom and its intergenerational legacies in the development of sustainable social and environmental governance policies in Timor-Leste.
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Andrew McWilliam was Professor of Anthropology at Western Sydney University (2017-2024 - now Adjunct Professor). He is a specialist in the anthropology of Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Recent publications include: 1) Post-Conflict Social and Economic Recovery in Timor-Leste: Redemptive Legacies, 2020 Routledge; 2) Distilling Livelihoods in Timor-Leste: Fataluku Ecologies of Practice, Human Ecology, 2022 Vol 50 (4) 606-615. 3) Making Money, Missing Home: Reflections on Timorese Informal Labour Migration to Britain, 2022 The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 23:3, 266-285.