Power Sharing in a Divided Nation: Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia’s Elections - Couverture souple

Saravanamuttu, Johan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9814695432 ISBN 13 : 9789814695435

Editeur : ISEAS, 2016

Synopsis

This book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea of power sharing based on the dynamic and transformative practice of mediated communalism through six decades (1952-2016) of electoral politics. The strategy of mediating communalism is critically explored throughout the book, serving to test its saliency as a distinct approach to power sharing in a social formation which is ethnically, religiously and regionally divided, yet has remained remarkably and tenuously integrated throughout Malaysia's electoral history. The book delves into this question by narrating and theorizing the complexity of communal politics leading to the emergence of new politics which have attempted to put Malaysia on the track of further democratization. It is further implied that new politics has to work in tandem with mediated communalism to transcend the most deleterious effects of an ethnically divided society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Johan Saravanamuttu is adjunct senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ISEAS
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814695432
• ISBN 13: 9789814695435
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 323
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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