Title: The political economy of Cambodia's transition, 1991-2001
First published: 2003
Description: "This book explores the three continuing intertwined transitions which have taken place in Cambodia since the late 1980s - the transition from command economy to free market, from civil war to peace, and from single-party authoritarianism to multi-party democracy. Using a political economy approach and drawing on extensive original research, the book argues that the first transition, to the free market, has been particularly important in determining the character of the other transition processes. The reorientation of the state on the basis of personal networks of political loyalty and economic entrepreneurship, backed by the threat of violence, permitted the emergence of a limited political accommodation between the major parties in the 1990s, which provided few benefits to Cambodia's poor."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Politics and government, Economic conditions, Politique et gouvernement, Conditions e conomiques, Cambodia, economic conditions, Cambodia, politics and government, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Process, General, Economic history
Places: Cambodia
Time periods: 1979-
LC classification: HC442 .H844 2003