TY - BOOK ID - 85471589 TI - Violence and the civilising process in Cambodia AU - Broadhurst, Roderic G. AU - Bouhours, Thierry AU - Bouhours, Brigitte PY - 2015 SN - 1316434532 1316435245 1316438082 1316435954 131643950X 1316271331 1107109116 110752119X 1316430278 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Violence KW - Violent behavior KW - Social psychology KW - History KW - Cambodia KW - Cambodge KW - Khmer Republic KW - Cam Bot KW - Cambotja KW - République khmère KW - Kambodscha KW - Kamboja KW - Kambodža KW - Tchin-la KW - Chien-pʻu-chai KW - Democratic Kampuchea KW - Kambujā KW - Democratic Cambodia KW - Camboja KW - Preah Reach Ana Chak Kampuchea KW - Kâmpŭchéa Prâchéathĭpâteyy KW - Kampuchea démocratique KW - République du Cambodge KW - Campuchia KW - Kampuchea (Coalition Government, 1983- ) KW - Kampuchea KW - Kampuchii︠a︡ KW - Kamphūchā KW - Kingdom of Cambodia KW - Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa KW - Cambogia KW - Roat Kampuchea KW - State of Cambodia KW - Cambodja KW - Royal Government of Cambodia KW - French Indochina KW - Social aspects KW - Braḥrājāṇacakr Kambujā KW - Rājraṭṭhabhipāl Kambujā UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85471589 AB - In 1939, the German sociologist Norbert Elias published his groundbreaking work The Civilizing Process, which has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of sociology today. In this insightful new study tracing the history of violence in Cambodia, the authors evaluate the extent to which Elias's theories can be applied in a non-western context. Drawing from historical and contemporary archival sources, constabulary statistics, victim surveys and newspaper reports, Broadhurst, Bouhours and Bouhours chart trends and forms of violence throughout Cambodia from the mid-nineteenth century through to the present day. Analysing periods of colonisation, anti-colonial wars, interdependence, civil war, the revolutionary terror of the 1970s and post-conflict development, the authors assess whether violence has decreased and whether such a decline can be attributed to Elias's civilising process, identifying a series of universal factors that have historically reduced violence. ER -