Power Sharing in a Divided Nation Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia's Elections

his 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 (1952-2...

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Main Author: Saravanamuttu, Johan (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Singapore ISEAS Yusof Ishak institute 2016
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