Class : Cambodian Government and Politics Code : POL 201/202 By Professor MAY Sam-Oeun

1. Class: Cambodian Government and PoliticsCode: POL 201/202By Professor MAY Sam-Oeun

2. LECTURE ONEPOLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

3. 1.1 Politics as the activity by which groups reach binding collective decisions through attempting to reconcile differences among their members (pp. 3-4).

4. 1.2 Governments as (a) institutions for making and enforcing collective decisions (‘the authoritative allocation of values’) (b) the top political tier within such institutions (pp. 4-6).

5. Government and Politics Interactions. Four Assumptions about the NATURE of Government and Politics: 1-  Politics is a natural phenomenon that rises from human diversity. It should not be replaced by political ideology a set of comprehensive beliefs about what a government should be doing. Politics The selection of the best possible choice from a set of imperfect but workable alternatives. Politicians don’t have all the answers.(mwth 2pm 10Aug09)

6. 2-  People create and employ government to help them live more comfortable, secure and productive lives. The government often fails to achieve this and fulfill its mission, and be accurate what it can deliver:  Government of the people, for the people and by the people (US President Abraham Lincoln)

7. Sign a Bill Emancipation of the Slave Assassination Abraham Lincoln 16th US President (1861-1865)

8. 3- Political stability is enhanced when as much of the citizenry as possible have legitimate and guaranteed access to government. The governments have been lax to accessibility: freedom of speech (South America, Africa, Sikhs of India, Muslims in China…)  Authoritarian regimes • Montagnard of Vietnam? • Kampuchea Krom of Mekong Delta?...) Additional Supplement to the 1985 Border Treaty with Vietnam Debate/controversy? Constitution: Chapter 3 Article 31, 35, 37, 41 (MW2-330Th2-3PM12Aug09)

9. 4- Economic prosperity and political democracy are interrelated. i.e. USA, France, UK or former Soviet Union; East Europe, etc.

10. Four Assumptions: 1-  Politics is a natural phenomenon that rises from human diversity. It should not be replaced by political ideology a set of comprehensive beliefs about what a government should be doing. 2-  People create and employ government to help them live more comfortable, secure and productive lives. 3- Political stability is enhanced when as much of the citizenry as possible have legitimate and guaranteed access to government. 4- Economic prosperity and political democracy are interrelated.

11. Cambodian PM (Government) met with French President Jacques Chirac, 10 October 2005

12. The U.S. Capitol is illuminated the night before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect BarackObama in Washington January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Scott Andrews/Pool The Government of the United States of America (USA)

13. 4 November 2008: President-elect Barack Obama & Vice President-elect Joe Biden (Democratic Party won presidential election) Sen. John McCain & Alaska Gov. Sarah Pailin (Republican Party lost)

14. "It’s been a long time coming. But tonight, because of what we did on this date, in this election, change has come to America." 4 November 2008 night, in Chicago City, Illinoi, US President-elect BARACK OBAMA

16. A 21st-century First Family: Barack, Sasha, Malia, and Michelle Obama. By Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

18. Local residents celebrated as they learned of Senator BarackObama's apparent victory in western Japan on Wednesday, 5 November 2008. “For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed “ The New York Times, 5 November 2008 By ETHAN BRONNER

19. People visit the area in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Hopes that Barack Obama can improve US ties with the rest of the world have grown even stronger in the run-up to his inauguration as president, a poll said Tuesday. Mon Jan 19, 7:21 PM ET(AFP/Robyn Beck)

20. The Obamas have Coffee with the Bushes As massive crowds gather for Inauguration Day Tuesday, 20 January 2009

22. 1.3 Hobbes’s case for government: it offers security against each other as well from external attack (p. 5).- Internal peace- External war

23. 1.4 Classifying governments as liberal democracies, or authoritarian states (pp. 6-9).(MW7-8:30PM 17Aug09)

24. Authoritarian Government of Burma (Myanmar)

25. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar.

26. (Los Angeles Times, 4 July2009) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Senior Gen. Than Shwe, the leader of Myanmar's military government, in Naypyidaw, the capital. Ban is seeking to get the regime to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention for most of the last two decades, and other political prisoners. (Mark Garten / U.N. Photo)

27. She is found guilty because an American swam to her “house arrest” which she does not know about it

29. UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has arrived in Burma ahead of a possible visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Mr Gambari is to meet officials from Burma's military government but it is not clear if he

30. KYON DA VILLAGE, Myanmar - As the U.N. helicopter skimmed above the placid Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar's military junta was putting the final touches on its showcase village.

31. ASEAN countries have not said any thing much about problems in Burma during their meeting.

32. A scene in the Brmese city at the trial of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

33. The U.N. secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior

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37. Representative of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, requests the world community to help release Suu Kyi.

39. Ahmadinejad hails election as protests grow 13 June 2009 TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- As street protests and voter skepticism rose over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory, the incumbent leader hailed the vote, saying it was a "great ordeal" but one that pointed "the way to the future."

40. In the aftermath of Iranian elections in June, protesters hit the streets.

41. Moussavi supporters run past a burning bus in Tehran on Saturday.

42. MahmoudAhmadinejad, who came to power in 2005, now has a second term in office.

43. Neda Agha-Soltan was gunned down on a Tehran street on June 20, 2009. Neda becomes rallying cry- has become a symbol of women on the front lines and has galvanized opponents of the Iranian regime.

44. Mourners gather around the grave of Neda Agh-Soltan in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery.

45. 30 July 2009- Iran ElectionSecurity forces in Iran on Thursday confronted thousands of protesting Iranians across the city, first at a cemetery and later at a prayer venue and near a government building, witnesses and news reports said.However, security forces barred opposition leaders Mir HosseinMoussavi and MehdiKarrubi from the gravesite of NedaAgha-Soltan, the 26-year-old woman shot in election protests on June 20, witnesses and news reports said. More than 3,000 people were gathered at Agha-Soltan's grave, a witness said.

46. File image of Saeed Hajjarian, considered the theoretician behind Iran's reformist movement.

47. The president's main rival (of MahmoudAhmadinejad) Mir HosseinMoussavi said there were "blatant violations" in the Iranian election.

48. IRAN: Islamic Government Religiously Extreme Government of Iran: Hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday (5 August 2009) sworn in for a second term as Iranian president in a ceremony likely to be snubbed by opposition leaders who claim he was fraudulently re-elected. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)T530PM-TH630PM

49. 1.5 Governance as the activity, process or quality of governing, a task in which government may not play a leading role, as with regulation of the internet. More broadly, we can speak of ‘international governance’ but not ‘international government’ (pp. 9-10). “The State is central to economic and social development, not as a direct provider of growth but as a partner, catalyst and facilitator” (World Bank Report, 1997)

50. Rectangular Strategy Diagram 1 Improving productivity and diversifying agricultural sector Fisheries reform Land reform and mines clearance Forestry reform Enhancement of Agriculture Sector Managements of water resources and irrigation Development of information and commendation technology Creating jobs and ensuring improved work conditions Ensuring social safety nefs for civil services, Employees and workers Peace, Political Stability and Social order Fighting corruption Legal and judicial reform Integration of Cambodia into the region world and the 3 2 Partnership in development Private Sector Development and Employment Generation Good governance Further Rehabilitation and Construction of Physical Infrastructure Strengthening private sector and attracting investments Promoting of SMEs Further construction of transport infrastructure Development of the energy sector of and electricity network Public Administration reform Armed forces reform and demobilization Favorable macroeconomic and financial environment Enhancing quality of education Forcing gender equity Improving health services Implementing population policy Capacity Building and Human Resource Development Donor’s Assistance 4