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In this book launch presentation, Dr Will Brehm explores the political-economy of Cambodia’s education sector. He argues that efforts to rebuild Cambodia after decades of conflict have resulted in various forms of everyday privatisation. Although this is most notable in the education system, these practices of privatisation can be found in multiple institutions that constitute social life, from the Buddhist pagoda to local government.
The various efforts of international development are as much at fault for this reality as are the legacies of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Dr Brehm's ethnographic research demonstrates how relations of kinship, clientelism, and hierarchy are reproduced in the next generation of citizens and socially produce privatisation.
About the speaker
Dr Will Brehm is a Lecturer of Education and International Development at the UCL Institute of Education.
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