Malaysia — democracy and the end of ethnic politics?
@article{Mohamad2008MalaysiaD, title={Malaysia — democracy and the end of ethnic politics?}, author={M. Mohamad}, journal={Australian Journal of International Affairs}, year={2008}, volume={62}, pages={441 - 459} }
In this article I discuss Malaysia's turning point moments – the March 8th General Election and the August 26th by-election which respectively saw the opposition's ascendancy and Anwar Ibrahim's political comeback. The opposition's ability to gain an ‘optimum multiethnic consensus’ had denied the incumbent of its unbroken two-thirds majority win. Its coalition arrangement was presented as a credible alternative to the 51 year-old winning but increasingly fractured coalition of the incumbent. In… CONTINUE READING
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