{"product_id":"unwritten-rule-alice-beban-9781501753626","title":"Unwritten Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2012, Cambodia--an epicenter of violent land grabbing--announced a bold new initiative to develop land redistribution efforts inside agribusiness concessions. Alice Beban's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnwritten Rule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e focuses on this land reform to understand the larger nature of democracy in Cambodia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeban contends that the national land-titling program, the so-called leopard skin land reform, was first and foremost a political campaign orchestrated by the world's longest-serving prime minister, Hun Sen. The reform aimed to secure the loyalty of rural voters, produce \"modern\" farmers, and wrest control over land distribution from local officials. Through ambiguous legal directives and unwritten rules guiding the allocation of land, the government fostered uncertainty and fear within local communities. \u003ci\u003eUnwritten Rule\u003c\/i\u003e gives pause both to celebratory claims that land reform will enable land tenure security, and to critical claims that land reform will enmesh rural people more tightly in state bureaucracies and create a fiscally legible landscape. Instead, Beban argues that the extension of formal property rights strengthened the very patronage-based politics that Western development agencies hope to subvert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Beban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501753622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501753626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022","brand":"Alice Beban","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057508282623,"sku":"9781501753626","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6eac79f1-5ca6-4e66-aaa5-ea6ef52bbb1f.jpg?v=1685047393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unwritten-rule-alice-beban-9781501753626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}