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Coalitions in Collision : Malaysia's 13th General Elections.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: SG : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (323 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789814620659
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coalitions in CollisionDDC classification:
  • 324.25950820000003
LOC classification:
  • JQ1062.A979.C635 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the Contributors -- 1. Introduction: The Electoral Ssytem's Impact on Outcomes by Johan Saravanamuttu, Lee Hock Guan and Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman -- 2. New Politics or Old Politics in New Clothing? by Yang Razali Kassim -- 3. Power Sharing Politics and the Electoral Impasse in GE13 by Johan Saravanamuttu -- 4. Mal-apportionment and the Electoral Authoritarian Regime in Malaysia by Lee Hock Guan -- 5. The Political Economy of FELDA Seats: UMNO's Malay Rural Fortress in GE13 by Khor Yu Leng -- 6. Fragmented but Captured: Malay Voters and the FELDA Factor in GE13 by Maznah Mohamad -- 7. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? Monitoring Malaysia's Media Coverage of GE13 by Tessa J. Houghton and Zaharom Nain -- 8. The 'Pek Moh' Factor and the Sarawak Parliamentary Seats by James Chin -- 9. The Appeal and Future of the 'Borneo Agenda' in Sabah by Arnold Puyok -- 10. The Case of Titiwangsa: Changing Features of Election Campaigns? by Chong Pui Yee -- 11. Terengganu and Kelantan Elections: The Separation and Convergence of Blurred Identities by Afif bin Pasuni -- 12. A Jewel in the Barisan Nasional Crown: An Electoral Analysis of Four Parliamentary Seats in Johor by Mustafa Izzuddin -- 13. Whither Malaysia: Re-thinking the Future of Malaysian Politics by Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman -- Index.
Summary: After the watershed 2008 election when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost its customary two-thirds control of parliamentary seats, there was the not unreasonable expectation that BN would slip even further in the much-anticipated Thirteenth General Election of 2013, which is the subject of this book. In the event, the BN lost the popular vote to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but still retained the reins of government. In this book, prominent Malaysian specialists and experts will provide.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the Contributors -- 1. Introduction: The Electoral Ssytem's Impact on Outcomes by Johan Saravanamuttu, Lee Hock Guan and Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman -- 2. New Politics or Old Politics in New Clothing? by Yang Razali Kassim -- 3. Power Sharing Politics and the Electoral Impasse in GE13 by Johan Saravanamuttu -- 4. Mal-apportionment and the Electoral Authoritarian Regime in Malaysia by Lee Hock Guan -- 5. The Political Economy of FELDA Seats: UMNO's Malay Rural Fortress in GE13 by Khor Yu Leng -- 6. Fragmented but Captured: Malay Voters and the FELDA Factor in GE13 by Maznah Mohamad -- 7. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? Monitoring Malaysia's Media Coverage of GE13 by Tessa J. Houghton and Zaharom Nain -- 8. The 'Pek Moh' Factor and the Sarawak Parliamentary Seats by James Chin -- 9. The Appeal and Future of the 'Borneo Agenda' in Sabah by Arnold Puyok -- 10. The Case of Titiwangsa: Changing Features of Election Campaigns? by Chong Pui Yee -- 11. Terengganu and Kelantan Elections: The Separation and Convergence of Blurred Identities by Afif bin Pasuni -- 12. A Jewel in the Barisan Nasional Crown: An Electoral Analysis of Four Parliamentary Seats in Johor by Mustafa Izzuddin -- 13. Whither Malaysia: Re-thinking the Future of Malaysian Politics by Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman -- Index.

After the watershed 2008 election when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost its customary two-thirds control of parliamentary seats, there was the not unreasonable expectation that BN would slip even further in the much-anticipated Thirteenth General Election of 2013, which is the subject of this book. In the event, the BN lost the popular vote to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but still retained the reins of government. In this book, prominent Malaysian specialists and experts will provide.

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