Cambodia in 2018: Requiem for multiparty politics

Aurel Croissant

doi:10.1525/AS.2019.59.1.170

Cambodia in 2018: Requiem for multiparty politics

Aurel Croissant

Department of International Studies

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Abstract

In 2018, ever-incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen scored a landslide victory in the Cambodian general elections. Three factors in particular explain this outcome. First, the elimination of the main opposition party, whose strategy of a peaceful election boycott failed. Second, favorable economic conditions and government handouts of spoils to constituencies that traditionally supported the opposition. Third, the weak leverage of the United States and the EU, and the Hun Sen regime's strong links with China.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	170-176
Number of pages	7
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	59
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2019.59.1.170
State	Published - 1 Feb 2019

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Keywords

Authoritarianism
Cambodia-China relations
Elections
Repression
Succession

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