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Law and the Electoral Process in Malaysia

Author : S. Sothi Rachagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Election law
ISBN : UCSD:31822021552054

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The Electoral System of Malaysia

Author : Mavis Puthucheary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Election law
ISBN : UOM:39015061504265

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Elections and Democracy in Malaysia

Author : Mavis Puthucheary,Norani Othman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822029604972

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Malaysia's Electoral Process

Author : Kai Ostwald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9814786934

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Malaysia will hold its 14th general election before August 2018, bringing renewed focus on the nature of political competition in the country. This paper provides a systematic overview of the electoral process and an assessment of how it shapes the country's political environment. Political competition in Malaysia is extensively manipulated to provide the incumbent government substantial advantages in elections. Most of the manipulations are a result of institutional bias during the pre-election phase. They create a fundamentally uneven playing field that has entrenched the political dominance of the UMNO-led coalition. Electoral manipulations impose numerous costs. These include direct costs like the inefficient allocation of resources, as well as indirect costs like the exacerbating of ethnic divisions. Both channels hinder Malaysia's efforts to reach further developmental milestones. The high degree of electoral manipulation in Malaysia, juxtaposed against its successful developmental record and relative social stability, makes the country an important case for the growing body of research on electoral integrity and malpractice.

Race, Politics, and Moderation

Author : Ismail Kassim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9971650045

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Coalitions in Collision

Author : Jayaratnam Saravanamuttu,Hock Guan Lee,Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman,Mohamed Nawab
Publisher : Iseas Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9814620653

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Coalitions in Collision by Jayaratnam Saravanamuttu,Hock Guan Lee,Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman,Mohamed Nawab Pdf

After the watershed 2008 election when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost its customary two-thirds control of parliamentary seats, there was the not unreasonable expectation that BN would slip even further in the much-anticipated Thirteenth General Election of 2013, which is the subject of this book. In the event, the BN lost the popular vote to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but still retained the reins of government. In this book, prominent Malaysian specialists and experts will provide the reader with fresh insights into the evolving character of electoral politics by delving into its failing model of “consociationalism”, the extent of malapportionment in the electoral system and its effects on outcomes, how “new politics” continue to meet the resistance of old modes of political behaviour, the path-dependence analysis of twin-coalition politics, the significance of the FELDA vote bank, the issues animating electoral politics in Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and Johor, why the PR continues to command urban support, the role of the biased mainstream media, and details of the campaign strategies of both coalitions. In this new study of Malaysia’s electoral politics, it is evident that the ruling coalition has lost its first-mover advantage and is only able to hold on to power due to the first-past-the-post (FPTP) single member plurality electoral system. This sort of system has given rise, in the parlance of electoral studies, to “manufactured majorities”, that is, electoral outcomes that confer a majority of seats (simple or large) to a single party or a coalition of parties without commanding a majority of the popular vote. Malaysia’s FPTP system, imbued as it is with a generous proportion of “rural weightage”, continues to favour the BN, oftentimes generating large manufactured parliamentary majorities. While some may argue that electoral politics have reached an impasse, after two general elections, Malaysia’s twin-coalition system seems to have gained some traction and, thanks to its federalism, with the PR having considerable control of state governments in the Malay heartland and of the more urbanized states of Selangor and Penang.

Electoral System Design

Author : Andrew Reynolds,Ben Reilly,Andrew Ellis
Publisher : Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114582120

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Votes from Seats

Author : Matthew S. Shugart,Rein Taagepera
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108417020

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Votes from Seats by Matthew S. Shugart,Rein Taagepera Pdf

Four laws of party seats and votes are constructed by logic and tested, using physics-like approaches which are rare in social sciences.

Electoral Management Design

Author : International IDEA
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789187729669

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This Handbook was developed for electoral administrators and those involved in reforming EMBs. It provides comparative experience of and best practices on EMB structures and funding models, as well as means for evaluating performance. A range of case studies illustrate examples from specific contexts in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Republic of Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. This new and revised edition of the 2006 International IDEA Handbook includes updated country-level data and case studies and significantly expanded sections on the role of gender, professional development and technology in elections.

Towards a New Malaysia?

Author : Meredith Leigh Weiss,Mohd. Faisal Syam Abdol Hazis
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9813251131

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Towards a New Malaysia? by Meredith Leigh Weiss,Mohd. Faisal Syam Abdol Hazis Pdf

Malaysia's 2018 election (GE14) brought down a ruling party in power since independence in 1957. This book tells the full story of this historic election, combining a sharp analysis of the voting data with consideration of the key issues, campaign strategies, and mobilization efforts that played out during the election period in April and May 2018. This analysis is then used to bring fresh perspectives to bear on the core debates about Malaysian political ideas, identities and behaviours, debates that continue to shape the country's destiny. However optimistic many Malaysians may be for the possibility of a more representative, accountable, participatory, and equitable polity, the authors do not see GE14 as a clear harbinger of full-on liberalization in Malaysia. While the political aftermath of the election continues to play out, the authors provide a clarion call for deeper, more critical, more comparative research on Malaysia's politics. They complicate well-known angles on and elevate too-little-studied dimensions of Malaysian politics, and suggest agendas for empirically interesting, theoretically relevant further research. They also point to the broader insights Malaysia's experience provides for the study of elections and political change in one-party dominant states around the world.

Judicial Review of Elections in Asia

Author : Po Jen Yap
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317361497

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Judicial Review of Elections in Asia by Po Jen Yap Pdf

In the past century, Asian nations have experienced a wave of democratisation as countries in the region have gained independence or transitioned from authoritarian military rule towards more participatory politics. At the same time, there has been an expansion of judicial power in Asia, whereby new courts or empowered old ones emerge as independent constraints on governmental authority. This is the first book to assess the judicial review of elections in Asia. It provides important insights into how Asian courts can strategically engage with the political actors in their jurisdictions and contribute to a country’s democratic discourse. Each chapter in the book sheds light on the judicial review of elections and the electoral process in a specific Asian jurisdiction, including Common Law Asia, namely Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, and Singapore, as well as jurisdictions in Civil Law Asia, namely Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing a central challenge to democratic governance, namely the problem of partisan self-dealing in the electoral processes. By exploring the constantly evolving role of the courts in addressing pivotal constitutional questions, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Law, Governance and Politics.

Identity Politics and Elections in Malaysia and Indonesia

Author : Karolina Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317520283

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Identity Politics and Elections in Malaysia and Indonesia by Karolina Prasad Pdf

In recent social research, ethnicity has mostly been used as an explanatory variable. It was only after it was agreed that ethnicity, in itself, is subject to change, were the questions of how and why it changes, possible to answer. This multiplicity of ethnic identities requires that we think of each society as one with multiple ethnic dimensions, of which any can become activated in the process of political competition - and sometimes several of them within a short period of time. Focusing on Malaysia and Indonesia, this book traces the variations of ethnic identity by looking at electoral strategies in two sub-national units. It shows that ethnic identities are subject to change - induced by calculated moves by political entrepreneurs who use identities as tools to maximize their chances of winning elections or expanding support base - and highlights how political institutions play an enormous role in shaping the modes and dynamics of these ethno-political manipulations. The book suggests that in societies where ethnic identities are activated in politics, instead of analysing politics with ethnic distribution as an independent variable, ethnic distribution can be taken as the dependent variable, with political institutions being the explanatory one. It examines the problems of voters’ behaviour, and parties’ and candidates’ strategy in a polity that is, to a significant extent, driven by ethnic relations. Pushing the boundaries of qualitative research on Southeast Asian politics by placing formal institutions at the centre of its analysis, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Politics, Race and Ethnic Studies, and International Relations.

Voting from Abroad

Author : Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789185391660

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Voting from Abroad by Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun Pdf

The constitutions of many countries guarantee the right to vote for all citizens. However, in reality, voters who are outside their home country when elections take place are often disenfranchised because of a lack of procedures enabling them to exercise that right. Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook examines the theoretical and practical issues surrounding external voting. It provides an overview of external voting provisions in 115 countries and territories around the world, including a map illustrating the regional spread.

Competitive Authoritarianism

Author : Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491488

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Competitive Authoritarianism by Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way Pdf

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.

Power Sharing in a Divided Nation

Author : Johan Saravanamuttu
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814695435

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Power Sharing in a Divided Nation by Johan Saravanamuttu Pdf

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.