Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak : : Contesting Developmentalism and Rights / / ed. by Meredith Weiss, Arnold Puyok.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Aini, Noor'ain,; Masri, Mohd. Shazani bin,; Puyok, Arnold,; Tien, Ngu Ik,; Weiss, Meredith L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Puyok, Arnold,; Weiss, Meredith,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (120 p.)

Based upon observation of the 2016 Sarawak state elections at a time of political turmoil for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak offers four ethnographic accounts of grassroots electoral politics in diverse constituencies of Sarawak. Covering Ba' Kelalan, the rural stronghold of Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party) leader Baru Bian; Tupong, the urban Malay-majority stronghold of the PBB; Stakan, a mixed constituency in which postal votes proved decisive; and Repok and Meradong, rural Chinese majority constituencies caught between the Sarawak United People's Party and the Democratic Action Party, this volume exposes the diversity and complexity of Sarawak's electoral geography. Central to the analyses in this volume are not only the role of ethnicity and the urban/rural divide but also the longer term impact of the politics of developmentalism, the personality politics surrounding Chief Minister Adenan Satem and the emerging force of Sarawakian states' rights enshrined in the Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S) social movement. Part of a comparative study of electoral dynamics across Southeast Asia, Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak seeks both to analyse the wider lessons to be learned from the 2016 Sarawak state elections as well as to deepen our knowledge and understanding of a state which is likely to play an especially important role in the political future of Malaysia.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary & Definitions -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1. The 2016 Sarawak State Elections: Old Stories and New Punch Lines -- Chapter 2. Tupong: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It! -- Chapter 3. Stakan: Much Ado About Postal Votes? -- Chapter 4. Repok and Meradong: Challenges in Courting Rural Votes -- Chapter 5. Ba' Kelalan: Sustaining the Crack in the BN's Rural Dominance