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The peasants in turmoil: Khmer Rouge, state formation and the control of land in northwest Cambodia
Diepart, Jean-Christophe; Dupuis, David
2014In Journal of Peasant Studies, 41 (4), p. 445–468
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Keywords :
peasants; Cambodia; land control; Khmer Rouge; agrarian change
Abstract :
[en] Over the past 15 years, northwest Cambodia has seen dramatic agrarian expansion away from the central rice plain into the peripheral uplands fuelled by peasant in-migration. Against this background, we examine the nature of relations between the peasantry and the state. We first show the historical continuities of land control processes and how the use of violence in a post-conflict neoliberal context has legitimised ex-Khmer Rouge in controlling land distribution. Three case studies show the heterogeneity of local level sovereignties, which engage the peasants in different relations with authority. We examine how these processes result in the construction of different rural territories along the agricultural frontier and argue that, in this region of Cambodia, the struggles between Khmer Rouge and neoliberal modes of land control are central to state formation processes.
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Diepart, Jean-Christophe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Economie et développement rural
Dupuis, David
Language :
English
Title :
The peasants in turmoil: Khmer Rouge, state formation and the control of land in northwest Cambodia
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Journal of Peasant Studies
ISSN :
0306-6150
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis
Volume :
41
Issue :
4
Pages :
445–468
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