Visiting Fellows Research Series

Abstract:

Dr. Un’s presentation will analyze why Cambodian democracy failed to consolidate, approaching the question by juxtaposing state and society.  It maps the interplay among various political institutions, civil society groups, business interests, and the electorate – amid changing political and economic conditions.

Biography:

Dr. Kheang Un is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Assistant Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University.  Dr. Un earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science and Southeast Asian Studies from Northern Illinois University.  While at the Center for Asian Democracy, Dr. Un will be finishing his book, State, Society and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Cambodia.  The book will analyze why the democratic government in Cambodia failed to consolidate in the fourteen-year period following the UN Peace Keeping Mission in 1991 that resulted in a constitutional, multi-party governmental structure.