Strategies of Authoritarian Survival and Dissensus in Southeast Asia Weak Men Versus Strongmen

“Drawing on dozens of interviews and government documents, the book not only chronicles but also compares two land struggles in different provinces of Cambodia … . Strategies of Authoritarian Survival and Dissensus in Southeast Asia reaffirms the value of comparative political economy, an approach to the study of the region which has declined in prominence since the turn of the twenty-first century and deserves renewed promotion today.” (John Sidel, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 96 (1), March, 2023)