The Political Economy of the Cambodian TransitionCambodia underwent a triple transition in the 1990s: from war to peace, from communism to electoral democracy, and from command economy to free market. This book addresses the political economy of these transitions, examining how the much publicised international intervention to bring peace and democracy to Cambodia was subverted by the poverty of the Cambodian economy and by the state's manipulation of the move to the free market. This analysis of the material basis of obstacles to Cambodia's democratisation suggests that the long-established theoretical link between economy and democracy stands, even in the face of new strategies of international democracy promotion. |
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Economy and StateSociety Relations | |
Economic Reform and StateMaking in the 1990s | |
State and Party in the 1990s | |
International Intervention and International Community | |
MultiParty Politics in the 1990s | |
Promoting Democracy NGOs and Civil Society | |
Urban Protest Movements The Future of Cambodian Democracy? | |
Conclusion Manipulating Cambodias Transitions | |
Notes | |
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