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Introduction: Social Movements in Cambodia
The last half decade has been a political rollercoaster in Cambodia leaving no aspects of social and political life unaffected. Since 2017, Cambodia is undergoing hardening authoritarianism led by incumbent Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which, in power in different guises ever since 1979, sin...
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Published in: | Journal of current Southeast Asian affairs 2019-04, Vol.38 (1), p.3-9 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The last half decade has been a political rollercoaster in Cambodia leaving no aspects of social and political life unaffected. Since 2017, Cambodia is undergoing hardening authoritarianism led by incumbent Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which, in power in different guises ever since 1979, since 2018 is the only party represented in the National Assembly. In political science analysis, Cambodia might only have crossed a thin, almost cosmetic line from electoral to hegemonic authoritarianism (Morgenbesser, 2019), but the case of Cambodia makes clear just how significant that distinction nonetheless is. Now that Cambodia has embarked on an openly authoritarian path, the regime is gradually changing its identity. While a multi-party formula is maintained in form, the very notion of politics is changing from an emphasis on contestation to one on consensus. |
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ISSN: | 1868-1034 1868-4882 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1868103419848192 |