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Human Security Problems in Cambodia: Far from Over

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This chapter aims to explore how the notion of human security is perceived and interpreted by Cambodians, and what suggestions can be offered for mitigating the human insecurities faced by the people. The authors conducted extensive interview surveys and focus group discussions targeting key stakeholders as well as ordinary villagers. Guided by the framework of the seven dimensions of human security proposed in the Human Development Report 1994, the authors try to identify threats in Cambodia. According to interviewees, human security in Cambodia will only be ensured through “cooperative” communication and collaboration among multiple layers of the government, political parties, and other stakeholders. Those who are in power should listen to the voices of the people.

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  • Human Security
  • Rural Focus Group
  • United Nations Transitional Authority In Cambodia (UNTAC)
  • Fear Freedom
  • ASEAN Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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  1. 1.

    The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) estimates that there may still be 4–6 million mines and other pieces of unexploded ordnance in Cambodia (CMAC 2014).

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    Comment made at a meeting of the Prey Lang Network at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Phnom Penh, June 19, 2014.

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  1. Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Pou Sovachana

  2. School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Albany, Albany, New Zealand

    Alice Beban

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  1. Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoichi Mine

  2. Research Institute, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan

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Sovachana, P., Beban, A. (2019). Human Security Problems in Cambodia: Far from Over. In: Mine, Y., Gómez, O.A., Muto, A. (eds) Human Security Norms in East Asia. Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97247-3_2

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