{"product_id":"unwritten-rule-state-making-through-land-reform-in-cambodia-hardback-9781501753626","title":"Unwritten Rule; State-Making Through Land Reform in Cambodia (Hardback) 9781501753626","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnwritten Rule\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eState-Making Through Land Reform in Cambodia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlice Beban (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501753626\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 3 maps, 3 graphs - 3 Maps - 9 Halftones, black and white - 3 Graphs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeban's book provides a valuable and detailed account of Hun Sen's Order 01 land-titling initiative. Each chapter begins with a thought-provoking vignette and references to relevant theoretical literature.\u003ci\u003e Unwritten Rule\u003c\/i\u003e will be required reading for anyone interested in the politics of land in Cambodia.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Developing Economies) \u003cp\u003eThis new book by Beban presents a granular, almost journalistic, account of how land reform and other government policies have affected Cambodia's rural population in recent years.[T]here is much to learn here about how the particular policies of Cambodia's authoritarian government impact the country's rural inhabitants[.]\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2012, Cambodia—an epicenter of violent land grabbing—announced a bold new initiative to develop land redistribution efforts inside agribusiness concessions. Alice Beban's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnwritten Rule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e focuses on this land reform to understand the larger nature of democracy in Cambodia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeban contends that the national land-titling program, the so-called leopard skin land reform, was first and foremost a political campaign orchestrated by the world's longest-serving prime minister, Hun Sen. The reform aimed to secure the loyalty of rural voters, produce \"modern\" farmers, and wrest control over land distribution from local officials. Through ambiguous legal directives and unwritten rules guiding the allocation of land, the government fostered uncertainty and fear within local communities. \u003ci\u003eUnwritten Rule\u003c\/i\u003e gives pause both to celebratory claims that land reform will enable land tenure security, and to critical claims that land reform will enmesh rural people more tightly in state bureaucracies and create a fiscally legible landscape. Instead, Beban argues that the extension of formal property rights strengthened the very patronage-based politics that Western development agencies hope to subvert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Donor-State Partnerships in the Cambodian Land Sector\u003cbr\u003e 3. Encountering the Leopard Skin Land Reform\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reconfiguring Local Authority through Land Reform\u003cbr\u003e 5. Youth Volunteers to the Frontier\u003cbr\u003e 6. Life in the Leopard Skin\u003cbr\u003e 7. Communal Land Struggles in the Wake of the Land Reform\u003cbr\u003e 8. An Ontology of Land Beyond State-Capital Formations\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607801032984,"sku":"9781501753626","price":105.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unwritten-rule-state-making-through-land-reform-in-cambodia-hardback-9781501753626","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}