Cambodia's Second Kingdom - Nation, Imagination, and Democracy (Paperback)

Cambodia's Second Kingdom is an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system. Competing nationalistic imaginings are shown to be a more prominent part of party political contestation in the Kingdom of Cambodia than typically believed. For political parties, nationalistic imaginings became the basis for strategies to attract popular support, electoral victories, and moral legitimacy. Astrid Noren-Nilsson uses uncommon sources, such as interviews with key contemporary political actors, to analyze Cambodia's postconflict reconstruction politics. This book exposes how nationalist imaginings, typically understood to be associated with political opposition, have been central to the reworking of political identities and legitimacy bids across the political spectrum. Noren-Nilsson examines the entanglement of notions of democracy and national identity and traces out a tension between domestic elite imaginings and the liberal democratic framework in which they operate

General

Imprint:	Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Astrid Noren-Nilsson
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-87727-768-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-87727-768-0
Barcode:	9780877277682

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