Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: setting the stage for neoliberalization -- 2.Caught in the headlights of "culture" and neoliberalism: public space as a vision for democracy and "development from below" in the Global South -- 3.From genocide to elections to coup d'etat: public space in Cambodia's transitional political economy -- 4.Cambodia's battle for public space: the neoliberal doctrine of "order" versus the democratic expression of the people's will -- 5.Conclusion: sowing the seeds of a new revolution?