{"product_id":"famine-in-cambodia-geopolitics-biopolitics-necropolitics-9780820363721","title":"Famine in Cambodia: Geopolitics, Biopolitics, Necropolitics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines three consecutive famines in Cambodia during the 1970s, exploring both continuities and discontinuities of all three. Cambodia experienced these consecutive famines against the backdrop of four distinct governments: the Kingdom of Cambodia (1953-1970), the U.S.-supported Khmer Republic (1970-1975), the communist Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979), and the Vietnamese-controlled People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamine in Cambodia \u003c\/i\u003edocuments how state-induced famine constituted a form of sovereign violence and operated against the backdrop of sweeping historical transformations of Cambodian society. It also highlights how state-induced famines should not be solely framed from the vantage point in which famine occurs but should also focus on the geopolitics of state-induced famines, as states other than Cambodia conditioned the famine in Cambodia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on an array of theorists, including Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, and Achille Mbembe, James A. Tyner provides a conceptual framework to bring together geopolitics, biopolitics, and necropolitics in an effort to expand our understanding of state-induced famines. Tyner argues that state-induced famine constitutes a form of sovereign violence--a form of power that both takes life and disallows life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMES A. TYNER is a professor of geography at Kent State University and fellow of the American Association of Geographers. He is the author of eighteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Revolution: Art and Politics under the Khmer Rouge \u003c\/i\u003e(Georgia)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar, Violence, and Population: Making the Body Count, \u003c\/i\u003e which received the AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography. His honors include the AAG Glenda Laws Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to geographic research on social issues.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50391179034898,"sku":"9780820363721","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed02ee3b-39bf-4cd1-a3b9-ffce06b6bf47.jpg?v=1728962623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/famine-in-cambodia-geopolitics-biopolitics-necropolitics-9780820363721","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}