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100	1		_aNILSSON Astrid Norén
245			_aA regal authoritarian turn in Cambodia/ _cAstrid Norén-Nilsson
260			_c2022
520			_aCambodia's transition from competitive to hegemonic authoritarianism, begun with a crackdown in 2017 which saw the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party dissolved, and institutionalised in non-competitive parliamentary elections in 2018 in which long-incumbent Cambodian People's Party won all seats, has been teeming with references to the monarchy. Whilst Prime Minister Hun Sen has long built a complex set of regal legitimations elevating him to or above kingship, these legitimations have both intensified and changed qualitatively with the transition to hegemonic authoritarianism. In the past, Hun Sen and his regime's regal references served to re-work in his favour the power boundaries between him and the monarchy; now, such references are mobilised against the non-royalist political opposition - at the same time as there is a sitting king on the throne. This article investigates the meanings and messages attached to these interventions on kingship, and how their usefulness to the new authoritarian order sheds light on the path the regime is taking. It is argued that Hun Sen uses royal imagery to cohere an otherwise incoherent vision of himself as a popular revolutionary as well as king-like leader whose power needs no check, to project power and create new political possibilities.
650			_aCAMBODIA
650			_aMONARCHY
650			_aAUTHORITARIANISM
650			_aROYALISM
650			_aMAN OF MERIT _xLÈSE MAJESTÉ
773			_aJournal of Contemporary Asia: _gVol.52, No. 5, December 2022, pp.715-736 (107)
598			_aCAMBODIA
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472336.2021.1974078 _zClick here for full text
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