Distributive Politics in Malaysia - Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance

List of contents

List of illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. The puzzling resilience of authoritarian party dominance
2. A theory of elite-level mobilization agency
3. Historical origins of the mobilization agency
4. Revisiting center-local relations: Collusion rather than collision
5. Providing credible cost compensation: Development budget allocation
6. Designing an incentive mechanism: Ministerial portfolio allocation
7. Manufacturing legislative dominance: Gerrymandering and malapportionment
8. Withstanding the decline: A dilemma in spatial positioning
9. Conclusion
Index

About the author

Hidekuni Washida is Associate Professor of Political Science at Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Summary

This book provides a systematic analysis of the fragile dominance of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in Malaysia.

Product details

• Authors: Hidekuni Washida, Hidekuni (Tokai University Washida, Hidekuni (Waseda University Washida
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138634510
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63451-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Politics in Asia; Politics in Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Malaysia, Political Parties, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General