Malaysia's 14th General Election and UMNO's Fall

Intra-Elite Feuding in the Pursuit of Power
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-33197-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Routledge Malaysian Studies Series

The 2018 Malaysian General Election will stand as a major defining event in Malaysian history, when the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition unexpectedly lost power in the country they had ruled for over half a century. This volume brings together scholars who assess one fundamental factor that brought about this game-changing event in Malaysian politics: intra-elite feuding in the leading Malay-based political parties. This study provides an analysis of individual state politics as well as national trends shaped by the actions of leaders in government and the opposition.

An indispensable guide for scholars studying the politics of Malaysia and of Southeast Asia more broadly, it will be of great interest for all readers with an interest in Malaysian politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gomez, Edmund Terence

Osman, Mohamed Nawab Mohamed

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Malaysia’s 14th General Election and UMNO’s Fall: Intra-Elite Feuding and the Pursuit of Power (Edmund Terence Gomez and Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman); 1: Democratization in an Age of Authoritarianism: Theorizing Malaysia’s GE14 (William Case); 2: Elite Contestations, Politics of Reform and New Voting Dynamics of Peninsular States in GE14 (Johan Saravanamuttu); 3: Elite Feuds, Patronage and Factions: UMNO’s demise (Sri Murniati); 4: Electoral boundaries in Malaysia’s 2018 Election: Malapportionment, Gerrymandering and UMNO’s Fall (Kai Ostwald); 5: ‘10 Years Under Pakatan is Better Than 50 Years Under UMNO/BN’: Pre-Electoral Conflict and Campaign Rhetoric in Selangor (Elvin Ong); 6: A Tale of Intra-Malay Elite Feuds in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (Prashant Waikar); 7: Gambling on Grievances: Melaka in GE14 and After (Amalina Anuar and Chan Xin Ying); 8: Bangsa Johor: Factions, Feuds and Fall of UMNO (Rashaad Ali); 9: Penang: Victory by Support or Defeat by Chance? (Chan Xin Ying); 10: The Battle for Perak (Iskandar Dzulkarnain Ahmad Junid); 11: Parties versus Personalities in Kedah Politics: Unstable and Hung State Assembly in Kedah’s GE14 (Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani); 12: The Green Tsunami in Terengganu: The Re-Emergence of Parti Islamse-Malaysia (Wan Rohilla Ganti); 13: Intra-Islamist Elite Competition in Kelantan (Najwa Abdullah); Bibliography; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edmund Terence Gomez is Professor of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman is Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.