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Distributive Politics in Malaysia: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance: Politics in Asia

Autor Hidekuni Washida
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2020
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 resources (budgets, posts, and seats), Washida challenges the conventional argument that a punitive threat to exclude opposition supporters from distributive benefits sustained the loyalty of the masses as well as the elites. He also calls into question whether the mere existence of party organization in and of itself enables leaders to credibly commit to power-sharing. Instead he posits a theory of mobilization agency, in which a party leader needs to design an effective incentive mechanism. In addition, he explains how the BN had manufactured legislative dominance by tactical gerrymandering and malapportionment.




The insights drawn from the Malaysian case can help deepen our understanding of the rise and fall of authoritarian parties and distributive politics in general.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367585112
ISBN-10: 0367585111
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Politics in Asia

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică



Hidekuni Washida is Associate Professor of Political Science at Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Descriere

This book provides a systematic analysis of the fragile dominance of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in Malaysia.