The Influence of Traditional Culture on the Legitimation of Aithority in the Orient: the Case of Cambodia
This paper examines the correlation between modern and traditional forms of legitimation of authority in the Orient using the example of Cambodia On the basis of extensive previously untapped empirical material the author demonstrates that in the process of expanding democratization and the strengthening of electoral institutions Cambodian ruling elites retain a pressing need for additional mechanisms of legitimation through the value system of traditional political culture.