ABSTRACT

The concept of resistance within the peace-building literature has received considerable attention as well as becoming central to the critique of liberal interventions. Scholars approach to resistance within the ‘local turn’ literature has resulted in more elaborate studies; even so, local agency is typically narrowed down and conceptualised as a response to what is considered as problematic aspects of peace-building interventions. By analysing the resistance to/against the inclusion of ‘forced marriage’ as a crime against humanity in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), this paper suggests that the study of resistance within the local turn must be broadened. The case study reveals how different forms of resistance are performative of and intertwined with other forms of resistance as well as how resistance evokes local power reactions. In addition to this, the paper also demonstrates that external international interveners sometimes mobilise local resistance, which results in the formation of strong but uneasy alliances against local political elites. All in all, the resistance is far more complex than most local turn literature suggests.

摘要

和平建设文献中的抵抗概念受到了相当多的关注，并成为批评自由干预的核心。学者们在“地方转向”文献中对阻力的处理方法导致了更详尽的研究；即便如此，地方机构通常被缩小范围并被概念化，作为对建设和平干预措施中被认为有问题的方面的回应。通过分析柬埔寨法院特别法庭（ECCC）对将“强迫婚姻”列为危害人类罪的抵制/反对，本文建议必须扩大对地方转向内部抵制的研究。案例研究揭示了不同形式的抵抗如何表现并与其他形式的抵抗交织在一起，以及抵抗如何引起当地的权力反应。除此之外，本文还表明，外部国际干预者有时会动员当地的抵抗力量，从而形成针对当地政治精英的强大但不安的联盟。总而言之，阻力远比大多数当地转弯文献所暗示的要复杂得多。