1st Edition

The Political Economy of the Cambodian Transition

By Caroline Hughes Copyright 2003
272 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Cambodia 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... Read more

The Political Economy of the Cambodian Transition

Biography

Caroline Hughes is Leverhulme Trust Special Research Fellow at the School of Politics, University of Nottingham.

'The book is a valuable contribution to the study of the "new Cambodia", in its hopes, fears, and dilemmas as it emerges cautiously from the ashes of its turbulent past.' - Contemporary Southeast Asia