Amnesty International

COMFREL

Dapice D

Diamond L

Doyle M

Global Witness

Hughes C

Huntington SP

International Republican Institute

Kheang Un

Kim S

Marks S

Morlino R

Sartori G

Sok SO

Un K

USAID-Cambodia

van de

World Bank

This article examines the quality of democracy in Cambodia, arguing that Cambodian democracy since its inception in 1993 has evolved from unstructured competitive authoritarianism toward an authoritarianism characterized by the presence of a stable hegemonic party system wherein the minimum criteria for democracy have been severely curtailed. Although the quality of democracy has declined, the regime’s legitimacy has risen, due mainly to sustained economic growth and political stability, and increased patronage-based development. Economic performance-based legitimacy has become path-dependent; without growth the ruling party’s legitimacy might be called into question. Given the current political, social, economic and international contexts that favor economic growth with political stability, Cambodia will sustain a dominant party authoritarian regime with limited quality of democracy.</jats:p

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International Political Science Review

Cambodia: Moving away from democracy?

Cambodia: Moving away from democracy?

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