Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society? 2. Reconstructing Legitimate Political Authority through Elections? 3. The Judicial System and Democratization in Post-Conflict Cambodia 4. Decentralization as a Strategy for State Reconstruction in Cambodia 5. Globalization, Women's Political Participation and the Politics of Legitimacy and Reconstruction in Cambodia 6. The Political Economy of Aid and Regime Legitimacy in Cambodia 7. (Re)Creating Local Political Legitimacy through Governance Intervention? 8. Cambodian Religion since 1989 9. Re-establishing Legitimacy through the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 10. The Never-Ending Hunt for Political Legitimacy in a Post-Conflict Context.

"This volume, written by a broad mix of Khmer and non-Khmer researchers, is the first study to assess the post-conflict democratization process in Cambodia in a systematic and in-depth empirical way. In going beyond a one-dimensional view of democracy, the full complexity of this process is illuminated. Not only does the volume focus on the successes and failures of Cambodia's political elite but also it looks beyond Cambodia, assessing the extent to which the globally applied post-conflict strategy of intervention followed by early elections - hoping for rapid democratization - is sustainable and progressive."--BOOK JACKET.

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