Learning to trust -- Cambodia today: a world of change -- The history of Cambodia -- Rural livelihoods at risk -- Urban poverty -- Women's lives -- Living with landmines -- Health care and education: empty promises? -- Breaking the cycle of violence and mistrust -- Elements of Cambodian culture -- Cambodia at the crossroads -- Facts and figures -- Dates and events -- Sources and further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Oxfam in Cambodia
Summary
"This book describes a country that has renounced the horrific legacy of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime and is striving to take its place among the emerging tiger economies of the region. Six families, whose lives have been shaped by years of conflict and disregard for basic civil rights, show how the people of Cambodia are working together, coming to terms with the past at the same time as responding to the challenges of the future. Ian Brown describes initiatives to protect traditional livelihoods from the impact of newly liberalised market forces; community efforts to deal with the scourges of landmines and AIDS-related illness; and campaigns to rebuild trust and break with the nation's violent past."--BOOK JACKET
