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

David Wesley Roberts

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Description:"This book discusses 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 imagined effect was a coalition that would share power democratically. However, this approach was appropriate only for resolving the superpower conflict that had determined Cambodia's war. Rather than bringing long-term peace to Cambodia, Roberts argues, it created the temporary illusion of a democratic system that in fact recreated the military conflict and housed it in a superficial political coalition." "Failure or unwillingness to address the core issues represents a failure in western approaches and an inability to think beyond the power-sharing paradigm. It assumes that all systems will conform to the democratisation system without addressing cultural institutions and traditions. Because of the application of these assumptions to Cambodia, its elite political transition has been from a form of relatively benign authoritarianism to a superficial veneer of modern democracy in reality underpinned and subverted by traditional structures that have resisted 'modernisation'."--BOOK JACKET.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Transition in Cambodia 1991-99: Power, Elitism, and Democracy. To get started finding Political Transition in Cambodia 1991-99: Power, Elitism, and Democracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "This book discusses 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 imagined effect was a coalition that would share power democratically. However, this approach was appropriate only for resolving the superpower conflict that had determined Cambodia's war. Rather than bringing long-term peace to Cambodia, Roberts argues, it created the temporary illusion of a democratic system that in fact recreated the military conflict and housed it in a superficial political coalition." "Failure or unwillingness to address the core issues represents a failure in western approaches and an inability to think beyond the power-sharing paradigm. It assumes that all systems will conform to the democratisation system without addressing cultural institutions and traditions. Because of the application of these assumptions to Cambodia, its elite political transition has been from a form of relatively benign authoritarianism to a superficial veneer of modern democracy in reality underpinned and subverted by traditional structures that have resisted 'modernisation'."--BOOK JACKET.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Transition in Cambodia 1991-99: Power, Elitism, and Democracy. To get started finding Political Transition in Cambodia 1991-99: Power, Elitism, and Democracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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