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  • Cambodia's Transition to Hegemonic Authoritarianism

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    Morgenbesser, Lee
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    Morgenbesser, Lee E.
    Year published
    2019
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    Despite a long history of intense repression and flawed elections in Cambodia, recent years have witnessed events unprecedented by the standards of Cambodian People's Party (CPP) leader Hun Sen's dictatorship. A political crackdown targeted the last remaining vestiges of public opposition to the CPP—namely, civil society groups, independent media organizations, and political opponents. Sham parliamentary elections in July 2018 capitalized on this repression by providing a mechanism for the CPP to keep its iron grip on power while feigning conformity to the principles of party competition, citizen participation, and impartial ...
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    Despite a long history of intense repression and flawed elections in Cambodia, recent years have witnessed events unprecedented by the standards of Cambodian People's Party (CPP) leader Hun Sen's dictatorship. A political crackdown targeted the last remaining vestiges of public opposition to the CPP—namely, civil society groups, independent media organizations, and political opponents. Sham parliamentary elections in July 2018 capitalized on this repression by providing a mechanism for the CPP to keep its iron grip on power while feigning conformity to the principles of party competition, citizen participation, and impartial validation. Taken together, these developments marked a transition from the competitive authoritarianism that had long characterized Cambodia's political system to full-blown "hegemonic" authoritarian rule.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Democracy
    Volume
    30
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2019.0012
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 National Endowment for Democracy and The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in Journal of Democracy, Volume 30, Number 1, January 2019, pp. 158-171. Reprinted with permission by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
    Subject
    Political Science
    Other Studies in Human Society
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386016
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