1st Edition
Distributive Politics in Malaysia Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance
By Hidekuni Washida
Copyright 2019
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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The election on 9 May 2018 ended six decades of rule by the ruling coalition in Malaysia ( Barisan Nasional or BN, formerly the Alliance). Despite this result, the BN’s longevity and resilience to competition is remarkable. This book explores the mechanisms behind the emergence, endurance, fight for survival and decline of the party’s dominance. Using a systematic analysis of key... Read more
List of illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. The puzzling resilience of authoritarian party dominance
2. A theory of elite-level mobilization agency
3. Historical origins of the mobilization agency
4. Revisiting center-local relations: Collusion rather than collision
5. Providing credible cost compensation: Development budget allocation
6. Designing an incentive mechanism: Ministerial portfolio allocation
7. Manufacturing legislative dominance: Gerrymandering and malapportionment
8. Withstanding the decline: A dilemma in spatial positioning
9. Conclusion
Index
Biography
Hidekuni Washida is Associate Professor of Political Science at Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
