Contents
I. Welcome to Dili Fucken Australien Ambivalent Responses to Intervention
II. Extremists and Heroes War- Torn Cambodia and Timor
III. Masters of Independence War-Torn Communities in International Policy
IV. Full of Malaria and Too Remote Constructing and Policing the Boundaries of Home
V. Normal and Simple Members of the Community Demobilizing the Mob
VI. Diligent and Obedient Boys Dependence and Discretion in Elite Politics
VII. Khmer When It's Easy American When It's Difficult Gatekeeping and the Politics of Authenticity
VIII. Empty Shells Nationalists Adrift in the Dependent Peace
Bibliography
Index

Dependent Communities investigates the political situations in contemporary Cambodia and East Timor where powerful international donors intervened following deadly civil conflicts This comparative analysis critiques international policies that focus on rebuilding state institutions to accommodate the global market In addition it explores the dilemmas of politicians in Cambodia and East Timor who struggle to satisfy both wealthy foreign benefactors and constituents at home
SELECTED TITLES FROM
CORNELL SOUTHEAST ASIA PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS
STUDIES ON SOUTHEAST ASIA SERIES
Conflict Violence and Displacement in Indonesia
At the Edge of the Forest Essays on Cambodia History and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler
The Many Ways of Being Muslim Fiction by Muslim Filipinos
A Man Like Him Portrait of the Burmese Journal Kyaw U Chit Maung
Early Southeast Asia Selected Essays
Laskar Jihad Islam Militancy and the Quest for Identity in post-New Order Indonesia
The Indonesian supreme court A study of Institutional Collapse
SOUTHEAST ASLA PROGRAM SERIES
Possessed by the Spirits Mediumship in Contemporary Vietnamese Communities
OTHER
No Other Road to Take Memoirs of Mrs Nguyen Thi Dinh