Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Government and society in Malaysia

By:

CROUCH Harold A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Univ. Press, 1996Description: 266pISBN:

0801483107 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Summary: Proposes that the Malaysian political system displays democratic and authoritarian characteristics. Economic growth, large ethnic minorities, and a split in UMNO in the 1980s all provide tensions and pressures which government had been adept at balancing while retaining control of the electoral process.The author concludes that there is unlikely to be a move towards full democracy in the near future.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	320.9595 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000297

Browsing Mindef Library & Info Centre shelves, Shelving location: On-Shelf Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	320.9593 MCC Chamlong Srimuang and the new Thai politics	320.9593 PAV Good coup gone bad : Thailand's political development since /	320.9593 RAY Thai military power: a culture of strategic accommodation /	320.9595 CRO Government and society in Malaysia	320.9595 HIL Malaysia: Mahathirism, hegemony and the new opposition	320.9595 HWA Personalized politics: the Malaysian state under Mahathir	320.9595 KHO The bersih movement and democratisation in Malaysia: repression, dissent and opportunities /	Next

Proposes that the Malaysian political system displays democratic and authoritarian characteristics. Economic growth, large ethnic minorities, and a split in UMNO in the 1980s all provide tensions and pressures which government had been adept at balancing while retaining control of the electoral process.The author concludes that there is unlikely to be a move towards full democracy in the near future.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.