The Politics of Lists : Bureaucracy and Genocide under the Khmer Rouge /

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"The Politics of Lists analyzes thousands of newly available Cambodian documents both as sources of information and as objects worthy of study in and of themselves. How, Tyner asks, is recordkeeping implicated in the creation of political authority? What is the relationship between violence and...

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Main Author: Tyner, James A., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
National security.
Government information.
Genocide.
Bureaucracy.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Bureaucratie > Cambodge > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Information sur l'État > Cambodge > Histoire > 20e siecle.
National security > Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Genocide > Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Bureaucracy > Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Government information > Cambodia > History > 20th century.
Cambodia.
Cambodge > Politique et gouvernement > 1975-1979.
Cambodia > Politics and government > 1975-1979.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The Politics of Lists analyzes thousands of newly available Cambodian documents both as sources of information and as objects worthy of study in and of themselves. How, Tyner asks, is recordkeeping implicated in the creation of political authority? What is the relationship between violence and bureaucracy? How can documents, as an anonymous technology capable of conveying great force, be understood in relation to newer technologies like drones? What does data create and what does it destroy? Through a theoretically informed, empirically grounded study of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus, Tyner shows that lists and telegrams have often proved as deadly as bullet and bombs"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781946684424

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