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Supporters of democracy within and outside the continent should track these four patterns in the coming year.
Saskia Brechenmacher, Frances Z. Brown
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Cambodia's New Deal: A Report
In a study sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment, William Shawcross, author of two previous books on Cambodia, details the steps leading to Cambodia's new coalition government; paints an intimate portrait of the national scene; and offers his own deeply knowledgeable perspective on the problems that a new Cambodia must face if it is to fully restore itself to national life.
Published on Jan 1, 1994
Source: Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1994
In May 1993, after two decades of civil war, the people of Cambodia boldly embraced peace as nearly 90 percent of registered voters cast ballots in a U.N.-sponsored election. In a study sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment, William Shawcross, author of two previous books on Cambodia (Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia and The Quality of Mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience), details the steps leading to Cambodia's new coalition government; paints an intimate portrait of the national scene; and offers his own deeply knowledgeable perspective on the problems that a new Cambodia must face if it is to fully restore itself to national life.
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