| Description |
xxi, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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South-East Asian social science monographs |
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South-East Asian social science monographs.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Theoretical Considerations -- Pt. I. Democratization in Cambodia. 1. Cambodia in Transition: From Wars to a Democratic Agreement. 2. Democracy in Transition: Problems of Effective Co-operation -- Pt. II. The United Nations: Making a Democratic Agreement for Cambodia. 3. UNTAC as a Legitimate Authority. 4. The Permanent Five's Diplomacy: A Collective Agreement on Cambodia. 5. The Permanent Five's Coercive Diplomacy: Towards Compatible Policy Action -- Pt. III. UNTAC in Action: Problems of Performance. 6. UNTAC's Authority in Crisis. 7. UNTAC's Enhanced Performance. 8. Problems of Collective Action by the Permanent Five -- Pt. IV. Towards a Normative Theory of Conflict Neutralization. 9. UNTAC and Cambodian Democracy: Progress, Problems, and Prospects. 10. Neutralization of Conflict: A Prescriptive Theory |
| Summary |
Many scholars have painted a grim picture of Cambodia. When the United Nations (UN) intervened in this country between November 1991 and May 1993, they prognosticated that the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was a mission bound to fail because, as socio-cultural institutionalists put it, it was based on Western ideas and liberal values. Legalists/moralists castigated the UN plan because it included the Khmer Rouge in the electoral process. Although this book recognizes the compelling arguments put forward by these scholars, the author tells his readers otherwise. He explains why the UN succeeded in getting the Cambodian adversaries to accept its peace plan and yet why the implementation process was not as successful as it had been anticipated. He then proposes that a more value-free psycho-structural approach to conflict analysis, known as conflict neutralization (based on the concept of security rather than that of power or peace), be seriously considered. This book is written by a Cambodian-Canadian scholar who believes that the world does not fully understand domestic conflicts in Third World countries in general and the Cambodian conflict in particular. He holds that Cambodia cannot stand on its own feet unless everyone involved clearly understands its intractable problems |
| Notes |
DONATED BY PETER SALES |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-353) and index |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Cambodia -- History.
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United Nations. Transitional Authority in Cambodia.
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Elections -- Cambodia.
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| SUBJECT |
Cambodia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019084 -- 1975-
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Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019092
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Cambodia -- History -- 1979- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001698
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| LC no. |
96008990 |
| ISBN |
9835600112 |
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