Power sharing in a divided nation : mediated communalism and new politics in six decades of Malaysia's elections / Johan Saravanamuttu.

Author
Saravanamuttu, J. (Jayaratnam) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Singapore : ISEAS Yusof Ishak institute, 2016.
Description
xx, 323 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

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    Publisher
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
    Language note
    In English.
    Contents
    • The imperative of mediated communalism
    • The electoral system : origin, rationale and critique
    • Consociation and the electoral process, 1952-55
    • The path-dependent rise and demise of the Alliance, 1959-69
    • The National Front's rise in the elections of 1974 and 1978
    • Mediating communalism through party capitalism : The elections of 1982, 1985, 1990 and 1995
    • Reformasi and new politics : Constituting an alternative coalition in the 1999 General Election
    • The opposition's breakthrough : The leap from 2004 to 2008
    • Electoral impasse of dual-coalition politics in 2013
    • Transitions of coalition politics circa 2016
    • Conclusion : The desiderata of ethnic power sharing.
    ISBN
    • 9789814695435 (paperback)
    • 9814695432 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2016326262
    OCLC
    961905228
    RCP
    C - S
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