Opposing Power: Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies - Couverture souple

Ong, Elvin Jiayun

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0472038885 ISBN 13 : 9780472038886

Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2022

Synopsis

Opposing Power argues that perceptions of regime vulnerability and mutual dependency by opposition elites shape the building of opposition alliances. When electoral autocracies are consistently dominant, opposition parties eschew fully fledged alliances. At best, they allocate only one candidate to contest against the incumbent in each subnational electoral district to avoid splitting the opposition vote. However, when multiple regime-debilitating events strike within a short period of time, thus pushing an incumbent to the precipice of power, opposition elites expect victory, accepting costly compromises to build alliances and seize power. Opposing Power shows how oppositions build these alliances through case study comparisons in East and Southeast Asia—between the Philippines and South Korea in the late 1980s, and between Malaysia and Singapore from 1965 to 2020.

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À propos de l'auteur

Elvin Ong is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Michigan Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0472038885
• ISBN 13: 9780472038886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
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• Personne responsable: non disponible