Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore

• Other Authors: Lopez, Greg (Editor), Welsh, Bridget (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Petaling Jaya Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) 2018
• Subjects: People's Action Party (Singapore); Politics and government > 21st century > Malaysia; Coalition governments > Malaysia; Political parties > Malaysia; Elections > Malaysia; Politics and government > Malaysia; Politics and government > Singapore; United Malays National Organisation.
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Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyse how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People's Action.Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Rethinking regime resilience in Malaysia and Singapore
• 2. Change without change : Malaysia afer GE13
• 3. Change and elections : 1969 and 2013 similarities
• 4. After GE13 : what happened and what now?
• 5. Bersih & civic empowerment in Malaysia
• 6. Gaps between the Singapore government and the electorate
• 7. Policy and political reform in Singapore
• 8. PAP's communication strategy
• 9. New media, old rule in Malaysia
• 10. The curious incident of the seditious dog training video
• 11. Malaysia's management of petroleum resources
• 12. The politics of Malaysia's B40
• 13. Managing the Malaysian economy after GE 2008
• 14. Economic growth, democratic participation and social welfare in Singapore
• 15. Representation, literacy and 'gladiatorism' in Malaysian politics
• 16. Coalitions in Malaysia : comparing party networks and dynamics
• 17. Dislodging Malaysia's culture of domination
• 18. Rule by law in Malaysia and Singapore
• 19. Conclusion: Challenges to resilience in Malaysia and Singapore.