Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rcrh6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T22:17:07.993Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The Nature and Role of Ideology in the Modern Cambodian State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2006

Margaret Slocomb
Affiliation:
The University of Queensland. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

After regaining independence from France in 1953, Cambodia was ruled by successive regimes according to specific ideologies which were presented as charters for constructing a modern state. For the past 20 years, however, Cambodian politics has been dominated by the seemingly non-ideological Prime Minister Hun Sen. In his public rhetoric and the stated goals of the current regime, it may be possible to identify if not ideology, then ideas about how the Cambodian people are to be governed in a post-ideological era.

Type
Articles
Copyright
2006 The National University of Singapore

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)