Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society Modern History The three essays attempt to

The three essays attempt to build on but go beyond the work of Dumont

the author speculates on what might have happened if Van Diemen had not died prematurely in 1645

and social factors to create a fantastic

the author argues that they have continued to exercise authority outside those areas of concern to Western constructs of power

James Eckhardt

Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society Modern History The three essays attempt toEdited by Joakim jendal and Mona Lilja September 2009, 320 pp, 15x23 cm For more than three decades Cambodia lived with civil war and genocide. After the peace agreement, major reconstruction efforts and UN supervised elections in the 1990s, it was hoped that the ravages of the past could be repaired. Instead, one political crisis after another has ensued. And to the extent that some political stability has emerged, seemingly this has been won at the