Violence and the Civilising Process in Cambodia

ISBN-13: 9781107521193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 380 str.

Roderic Broadhurst; Thierry Bouhours; Brigitte Bouhours

Opis

Surveys violence in Cambodia from the nineteenth century to the present, testing the theories of Norbert Elias in a non-Western context.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Resistance of a peasant society; 2. Patterns of pre-modern criminality; 3. Development of the colonial state: modernisation and control; 4. The 'golden age' of the Protectorate 1920–40; 5. The anti-colonial war 1940–55; 6. The golden years of Sihanoukism 1955–66; 7. Criminal states and civil wars 1967–75; 8. The perfect storm: de-civilising state and society 1975–9; 9. Reconstruction in the midst of a civil war: pariahs, bandits, and international accomplices 1979–91; 10. Crime and violence in contemporary Cambodia 1991–2012; 11. Civilising processes and violence in contemporary Cambodia; 12. Discussion; References; Index.