Globalisation, insecurity and post-war reconstruction: Cambodia's Precarious Transition

摘要

This article examines, critically, the assumption that economic globalisation is a force for peace, security and broad-based economic prosperity in societies emerging from war. Where old political and economic structures have been weakened, without the establishment of new systems of regulation, states are ill-equipped to control and protect the internal life of their societies. Where the legitimacy of regimes is challenged and there are mounting demands for economic redistribution, this can createmajor overloads on state capacity and political systems. In these circumstances, the introduction of a model of post-war reconstruction that emphasises neoliberal economic prescriptions may conflict with other peace and security-related objectives.