Distributive Politics in Malaysia: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance

ISBN-13: 9780367585112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 244 str.

Hidekuni Washida

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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