Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states

The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the framing of the Cambodian and post-Yugoslav states. The notion of failed states fixes culpability for war on societies in question, rendering the domestic populations dysfunational while casting internatio...

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Main Authors: Hughes, Caroline, Pupavac, Vanessa
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2005
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1405/
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description The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the framing of the Cambodian and post-Yugoslav states. The notion of failed states fixes culpability for war on societies in question, rendering the domestic populations dysfunational while casting international rescue interventions as functional. The article suggests that the discourse of pathologisation can be understood not as a means of explaining state crisis so much as legitimising an indefinite international presence and deferring self-government.
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spelling nottingham-14052020-05-04T20:30:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1405/ Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states Hughes, Caroline Pupavac, Vanessa The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the framing of the Cambodian and post-Yugoslav states. The notion of failed states fixes culpability for war on societies in question, rendering the domestic populations dysfunational while casting international rescue interventions as functional. The article suggests that the discourse of pathologisation can be understood not as a means of explaining state crisis so much as legitimising an indefinite international presence and deferring self-government. Taylor & Francis 2005 Article PeerReviewed Hughes, Caroline and Pupavac, Vanessa (2005) Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states. Third World Quarterly, 26 (6). pp. 873-899. ISSN 1360-2241 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436590500089232 doi:10.1080/01436590500089232 doi:10.1080/01436590500089232
spellingShingle Hughes, Caroline
Pupavac, Vanessa
Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title_full Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title_fullStr Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title_full_unstemmed Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title_short Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states
title_sort framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of cambodia and the post-yugoslav states
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