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This article examines the extent to which Cambodia has 'turned around' with respect to economic performance, conflict resolution and human development. Cambodia's economic performance since the UN-sponsored peace process of 1991-3 has superficially appeared creditable, but reflects the combined effect of a peace dividend and contingent factors, salient in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Unresolved structural issues emerging from the legacies of the Cambodian war represent a longer-term constraint on economic performance and human development. A legacy that continues to pose particular problems is the power of the military which has become entrenched as a key player within the government structure, in the interests of a peace conceptualised as public order. The article documents how this strategy has posed continuing problems for the structural reform of key aspects of governance such as the judicial sector and the promotion of an anti-corruption regime. (IDS Bull/GIGA)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TECHNICAL NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: Demographic Features of the Chinese in Cambodia -- CHAPTER TWO: The Ethnic Status of the Chinese in Cambodia -- CHAPTER THREE: The Economic Position of the Chinese in Cambodia -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Legal Status of the Chinese in Cambodia -- CHAPTER FIVE: Social Organisation of the Chinese Community -- CHAPTER SIX: Emerging and Merging Elites in Cambodia -- APPENDIX I: The Process of Estimating the Chinese Population of Cambodia -- APPENDIX II: Using the 1961 Census Material for Studies of Ethnicity -- LIST OF CHINESE CHARACTERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.