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Movements·khm_khmer_rouge_democratic_kampuchea_1975

Khmer Rouge Democratic Kampuchea

KHM·1975 – 1979·Communist Party of Kampuchea
Leaders: Pol Pot · Nuon Chea · Khieu Samphan
positionsmarxist_leninistmarxianclassical_liberalmarket_socialist

Doctrine — stated goals and content

The Communist Party of Kampuchea sought a radical agrarian socialist transformation after taking Phnom Penh in 1975, aiming to abolish markets, money, private property, and urban social structures while organising production through collectivised rural communes under central party command.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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property rights
institutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
decreased · strong
weaker property rights
Private land, homes, commercial assets, and personal economic rights were effectively abolished.
↓
product market competition
regulatory.product_market_competition
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
decreased · strong
more restrictive regulation, higher entry barriers
Markets and private enterprise were eliminated in favour of command allocation.
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labour market flexibility
regulatory.labour_market_flexibility
Ease of hiring/firing, collective-bargaining scope, minimum wage rigidity, temporary/permanent contract regulation.
decreased · strong
less flexible (stronger employment protection)
Labour allocation was coerced through communes and work brigades rather than voluntary employment.
↓
trade openness
regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
decreased · strong
more protectionist
The regime pursued extreme isolation, with foreign economic links limited to tightly controlled state channels.

Policies enacted

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

aligned
marxist_leninist
Communist Party rule, abolition of private property and markets, forced collectivisation, and total command allocation fit the extreme party-state planning end of Marxist-Leninist practice.
partial
marxian
The regime used revolutionary class and anti-urban ideology, but its agrarian ultra-radicalism diverged sharply from classical Marxian industrial analysis.
opposed
classical_liberal
Markets, private property, civil liberties, and voluntary exchange were abolished under coercive revolutionary rule.
opposed
market_socialist
The regime eliminated money and markets rather than using market mechanisms under social ownership.

References

Notes

Policy coding describes institutional and economic measures, not the broader mass violence except where it directly structured labour and property allocation.