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Government and Society in Malaysia / Harold Crouch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asia East by SouthPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 1 map, 4 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501733901
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.2/09595 20
LOC classification:
  • JQ712
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary/Abbreviations -- PART ONE. INTRODUCTION -- PART TWO. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM -- PART THREE. SOCIETY AND POLITICS -- PART FOUR. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The Malaysian political system incorporates a mix of democratic and authoritarian characteristics. In this comprehensive account, Harold Crouch argues that, while they may appear contradictory, the responsive and the repressive features of the system combine in an integrated and coherent whole.Consistently dominated by the Malay party UMNO, which represents the largest ethnic group, the Malaysian government requires the support of its Chinese, Indian, and East Malaysian minorities to retain control. The need to appeal to a politically and ethnically divided electorate restrains the arbitrary exercise of power by the ruling coalition. As a result, the government responds to popular aspirations, particularly since a split in the dominant Malay party in the 1980s. Yet it also controls the electoral process, ensuring victory in all national elections.Communal, social, and economic factors have all contributed in rather ambiguous ways to shaping the Malaysian political system. Communal tensions, change in the class structure, and the consequences of economic growth have generated pressures in both democratic and authoritarian directions. The government has been remarkably stable despite sharp ethnic divisions and, Crouch suggests, it is unlikely to move swiftly toward full democracy in the near future.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary/Abbreviations -- PART ONE. INTRODUCTION -- PART TWO. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM -- PART THREE. SOCIETY AND POLITICS -- PART FOUR. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index

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The Malaysian political system incorporates a mix of democratic and authoritarian characteristics. In this comprehensive account, Harold Crouch argues that, while they may appear contradictory, the responsive and the repressive features of the system combine in an integrated and coherent whole.Consistently dominated by the Malay party UMNO, which represents the largest ethnic group, the Malaysian government requires the support of its Chinese, Indian, and East Malaysian minorities to retain control. The need to appeal to a politically and ethnically divided electorate restrains the arbitrary exercise of power by the ruling coalition. As a result, the government responds to popular aspirations, particularly since a split in the dominant Malay party in the 1980s. Yet it also controls the electoral process, ensuring victory in all national elections.Communal, social, and economic factors have all contributed in rather ambiguous ways to shaping the Malaysian political system. Communal tensions, change in the class structure, and the consequences of economic growth have generated pressures in both democratic and authoritarian directions. The government has been remarkably stable despite sharp ethnic divisions and, Crouch suggests, it is unlikely to move swiftly toward full democracy in the near future.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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