Violence and the civilising process in Cambodia /

Violence and the civilising process in Cambodia /

In this insightful new study tracing the history of violence in Cambodia, the authors evaluate the extent to which Elias's theories can be applied in a non-western context. Drawing from historical and contemporary archival sources, constabulary statistics, victim surveys and newspaper reports,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Broadhurst, Roderic G. (Author), Bouhours, Thierry (Author), Bouhours, Brigitte (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Violence > Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Cambodia > Social aspects > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Map of Cambodia
  • Introduction
  • Resistance of a peasant society
  • Patterns of premodern criminality
  • Development of the colonial state: modernisation and control
  • The "golden age" of the Protectorate: 1920-1940
  • The anticolonial war: 1940-1955
  • The golden years of Sihanoukism: 1955-1966
  • Criminal states and civil wars: 1967-1975
  • The perfect storm: decivilising state and society: 1975-1979
  • Reconstruction in the midst of a civil war: pariahs, bandits, and international accomplices: 1979-1991
  • crime and violence in contemporary Cambodia: 1991-2012
  • Civilising processes and violence in contemporary Cambodia
  • Discussion
  • Appendix: historical data
  • References
  • Index.