Anyone who has spent any time in Cambodia is familiar with the alphabet soup of multilateral and bilateral aid agencies and the hundreds of international NGOs operating throughout this country.
Read moreWhither Southeast Asian Liberalism?
Francis Fukuyama's prediction of the "end of history" and the inevitability of the establishment of liberal democracy clearly took a hit after the third wave of democratization as we continued and continue to observe roll backs of individual rights across the globe. So, why has this been the case? What exactly do we know about democratization?