Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore (eBook)

Greg Lopez, Bridget Welsh (Herausgeber)

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2018
327 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7585-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Prominent scholars analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of prime ministers, the authors offer explanations for how these regimes remained resilient.

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Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People's Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of Prime Ministers Najib Tun Razak and Lee Hsien Loong, the authors offer a range of explanations for how these regimes have remained politically resilient.

Autor

Greg Lopez is research fellow with the Murdoch University Executive Education Centre.Bridget Welsh is associate professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction: Rethinking Regime Resilience in Malaysia and SingaporeBridget Welsh & Greg LopezChapter 2 Change without Change: Malaysia after GE13Bridget WelshChapter 3 Change and Elections: 1969 and 2013 SimilaritiesJohn FunstonChapter 4 After GE13: What happened and what now?Clive KesslerChapter 5 Bersih & Civic Empowerment in MalaysiaGaik Cheng KhooChapter 6 Gaps Between the Singapore Government and the ElectorateBilveer SinghChapter 7 Policy and Political Reform in SingaporeLily Zubaidah RahimChapter 8 PAP’s Communication StrategyTerence LeeChapter 9 New Media, Old Rule in MalaysiaRoss TapsellChapter 10 The Curious Incident of the Seditious Dog Training VideoAmanda WhitingChapter 11 Malaysia’s Management of Petroleum ResourcesWee Chong HuiChapter 12 The Politics of Malaysia’s B40Steven CM WongChapter 13 Managing the Malaysian Economy after GE 2008Greg Lopez & Mohamed AriffChapter 14 Economic Growth, Democratic Participation and Social Welfare in SingaporeLee Soo AnnChapter 15 Representation, Literacy and ‘Gladiatorism’ in Malaysian politicsA.B. ShamsulChapter 16 Coalitions in Malaysia – Comparing Party Networks and DynamicsMeredith WeissChapter 17 Dislodging Malaysia’s Culture of DominationR. Rueban BalasubramaniamChapter 18 Rule by Law in Malaysia and SingaporeDavid Martin JonesChapter 19 Conclusion: Challenges to Resilience in Malaysia and SingaporeBridget Welsh & Greg Lopez

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2018
• Co-Autor: Lee Soo Ann, Greg Lopez, Lily Zubaidah Rahim, A.B. Shamsul, Bilveer Singh, Ross Tapsell, Meredith L. Weiss, Bridget Welsh, Amanda Whiting, Steven CM Wong, Mohamed Ariff, R. Rueban Balasubramaniam, John Funston, Wee Chong Hui, David Martin Jones, Clive Kessler, Gaik Cheng Khoo, Terence Lee
• Zusatzinfo: 6 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations; - 4 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Civic Empowerment • Communication strategy • Culture of Domination • Democratic participation • Economic Growth • Elections • Malaysia • Malaysian Economy • People’s Action Party • Petroleum resources • Policy Reform • Political reform • Public Policy • Regime Resilience • Singapore • Singapore Government • Social Welfare • United Malays National Organisation
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-7585-4 / 1498575854
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7585-0 / 9781498575850