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

Hughes, Caroline; Pupavac, Vanessa

Abstract

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.

Citation

Hughes, C., & Pupavac, V. (2005). Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states. Third World Quarterly, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590500089232

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Jan 27, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 27, 2012
• Journal: Third World Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0143-6597
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-2241
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590500089232
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1020426
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436590500089232
• Additional Information: This is an electronic version of an article published in: Hughes, C. & Pupavac, V., Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states, Third World Quarterly, 26(6), 2005, 873-899. Third World Quarterly is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1360-2241&volume=26&issue=6&spage=873