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024 7 _a10.7591/9781501733901
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501733901
035 _a(DE-B1597)534427
035 _a(OCoLC)1129155938
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aJQ712
072 7 _aPOL007000
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082 0 4 _a306.2/09595
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCrouch, Harold
_eautore
245 1 0 _aGovernment and Society in Malaysia /
_cHarold Crouch.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©1996
300 _a1 online resource (280 p.) :
_b1 map, 4 tables.
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aAsia East by South
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tGlossary/Abbreviations --
_tPART ONE. INTRODUCTION --
_tPART TWO. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM --
_tPART THREE. SOCIETY AND POLITICS --
_tPART FOUR. CONCLUSION --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThe 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733901
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501733901
856 4 2 _3Cover
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