1st Edition

Political Transition in Cambodia 1991-99 Power, Elitism and Democracy

By David Roberts Copyright 2000
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book illustrates the limits to the 1990s UNTAC peacekeeping intervention in Cambodia and raises a critical challenge to the assumptions underpinning key tenets of the 'Liberal Project' as a mechanism for resolving complex, severe struggles for elite political power in developing countries. The book highlights the limitations of externally imposed power-sharing. In the case of Cambodia, the... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Peace Seeking; Chapter 2 Assumptions of Peace; Chapter 3 A Critical Overview of the Operation; Chapter 4 Early Challenges to Transition; Chapter 5 Elite Challenges to Transition – the Khmer Rouge; Chapter 6 Elite Challenges to Transition – the CPP; Chapter 7 From ‘Coalition’ to Confrontation, 1993 to 1997; Chapter 8 Peripheral Challenges to Transition, 1993 to 1997; Chapter 9 Recreating Elite Stability, July 1997 to July 1998; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

Biography

David W. Roberts