"Offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the country, The handbook of contemporary Cambodia provides a broad coverage of social, cultural, political and economic development within both rural and urban contexts during the last decade. A detailed introduction places Cambodi...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Brickell, Katherine (HerausgeberIn), Springer, Simon (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Routledge 2017
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge handbooks
Schlagworte:	Politik Wirtschaft Soziale Situation Ländliche Entwicklung Kultur Cambodia > Politics and government > 21st century Cambodia > Social conditions > 21st century Cambodia > Economic conditions > 21st century Kambodscha Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	DE-12
Zusammenfassung:	"Offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the country, The handbook of contemporary Cambodia provides a broad coverage of social, cultural, political and economic development within both rural and urban contexts during the last decade. A detailed introduction places Cambodia within its global and regional frame, and the handbook is then divided into five thematic sections: Political and Economic Tensions, Rural Developments, Urban Conflicts, Social Processes, Cultural Currents. The first section looks at the major political implications and tensions that have occurred in Cambodia, as well as the changing parameters of its economic profile. The handbook then highlights the major developments that are unfolding within the rural sphere, before moving on to consider how cities in Cambodia, and particularly Phnom Penh, have become primary sites of change. The fourth section covers the major processes that have shaped social understandings of the country, and how Cambodians have come to understand themselves in relation to each other and the outside world. Section five analyses the cultural dimensions of Cambodia's current experience, and how identity comes into contact with and responds to other cultural themes. Bringing together a team of leading scholars on Cambodia, the handbook presents an understanding of how sociocultural and political economic processes in the country have evolved"...
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xx, 455 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9781315736709 9781138831186