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Peace through Democracy and Justice? Legacies and Lessons from the Case of Cambodia

Author(s) -

Sorpong Peou

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

asian journal of peacebuilding

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138

H-Index - 2

eISSN - 2288-2707

pISSN - 2288-2693

DOI - 10.18588/201705.00a025

Subject(s) - democracy , political science , economic justice , political economy , development economics , criminology , law , sociology , politics , economics

The pursuit of retributive justice in war-torn countries with extremely weak state institutions may not necessarily advance the causes of peace, democracy, and the rule of law. Win-lose electoral competition and judicial retribution may not necessarily be a recipe for peace and security. The case of Cambodia and others show that the pursuit of retributive justice has not proved to be the immediate or direct cause of peace, democratic, and rule-of-law institution building.

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