Cambodia''s Neoliberal Order - Violence, Authoritarianism, and the Contestation of Public Space

Informationen zum Autor Simon Springer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. His ongoing research focuses on the intersections between neoliberalism and violence. Klappentext This book deals with the post-conflict geographies of violence and neoliberalization in Cambodia. Applying a geographical analysis to contemporary Cambodian politics! the author employs notions of neoliberalism! public space! and radical democracy as the most substantive components of its theoretical edifice. Zusammenfassung This book deals with the post-conflict geographies of violence and neoliberalization in Cambodia. Applying a geographical analysis to contemporary Cambodian politics, the author employs notions of neoliberalism, public space, and radical democracy as the most substantive components of its theoretical edifice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Setting the Stage for Neoliberalisation 2. Caught in the Headlights of Culture and Neoliberalism: Public Space as a Vision for Democracy and Development from Below in the Global South 3. From Genocide to Elections to Coup d'État: Public Space in Cambodia's Transitional Political Economy 4. Cambodia's Battle for Public Space: The Neoliberal Doctrine or Order versus the Democratic Expression of the People's Will 5. Conclusion: Sowing the Seeds of a New Revolution?

Product details

• Authors: Simon Springer, Simon (National University of Singapore) Springer, Springer Simon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415627535
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62753-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies; Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, South East Asia, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Regional / International studies, Human Geography, Peace studies & conflict resolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General