Power Sharing in a Divided Nation : : Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia's Elections / / Johan Saravanamuttu.
This book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea of power sharing based on the dynamic and transformative practice of mediated communalism through six decades (1952-...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- 1. The Imperative of Mediated Communalism
- 2. The Electoral System: Origin, Rationale and Critique
- 3. Consociation and the Electoral Process, 1952-55
- 4. The Path-Dependent Rise and Demise of the Alliance, 79 1959-69
- 5. The National Front's Rise in the Elections of 1974 and 111 1978
- 6. Mediating Communalism through Party Capitalism: The Elections of 1982, 1985, 1990 and 1995
- 7. Reformasi and New Politics: Constituting an Alternative Coalition in the 1999 General Election
- 8. The Opposition's Breakthrough: The Leap from 2004 to 2008
- 9. Electoral Impasse of Dual-Coalition Politics in 2013
- 10. Transitions of Coalition Politics circa 2016
- 11. Conclusion: The Desiderata of Ethnic Power Sharing
- bibliography
- Index
- About the Author