Dependent Communities : : Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East Timor /

Dependent Communities : : Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East Timor / / Caroline Hughes.

Dependent Communities investigates the political situations in contemporary Cambodia and East Timor, where powerful international donors intervened following deadly civil conflicts. This comparative analysis critiques international policies that focus on rebuilding state institutions to accommodate...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Hughes, Caroline,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2009
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (275 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Terms and Names
  • Map of Cambodia
  • Map of Timor-Leste
  • I. "Welcome to Dili, Fucken Australien": Ambivalent Responses to Intervention
  • II. "Extremists" and "Heroes": War-Torn Cambodia and Timor
  • III. "Masters of Independence": War-Torn Communities in International Policy
  • IV. "Full of Malaria and Too Remote": Constructing and Policing the Boundaries of Home
  • V. "Normal and Simple Members of the Community": Demobilizing the Mob
  • VI. "Diligent and Obedient Boys": Dependence and Discretion in Elite Politics
  • VII. "Khmer When It's Easy, American When It's Difficult": Gatekeeping and the Politics of Authenticity
  • VIII. Empty Shells: Nationalists Adrift in the Dependent Peace
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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