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'Following the US-led attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, the democratization process in both these countries has just begun. But one country, Cambodia, has now had a decade to accustom itself to a sy...stem of government introduced by an outside body. It is now widely conceded that the UNTAC supervised elections of 1993 were flawed and part of a deeply flawed process. Desperate not to be mired in internal conflict, UN personnel had mostly left Cambodia by 1995. They left a country in which there is almost no civil society, and in which there is debilitating corruption at every layer of government - from the judiciary, to the press, to politics.'
'Following the US-led attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, the democratization process in both these countries has just begun. But one country, Cambodia, has now had a decade to accustom itself to a sy...stem of government introduced by an outside body. It is now widely conceded that the UNTAC supervised elections of 1993 were flawed and part of a deeply flawed process. Desperate not to be mired in internal conflict, UN personnel had mostly left Cambodia by 1995. They left a country in which there is almost no civil society, and in which there is debilitating corruption at every layer of government - from the judiciary, to the press, to politics.'
| Series: | Looking for democracy |
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| Episode | 2 |
| First transmission date: | 2005-09-19 |
| Published: | 2005 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:22:31 |
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| Producer: | David Edmonds |
| Contributor: | Robin Lustig |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Democracy--Cambodia |
| Production number: | AUDA041B |
| Available to public: | no |
