Roots of Resilience - Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia

"This book examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or 'hybrid' regimes (Singapore and Malaysia)-regimes that blend politically liberal and authoritarian features to evade substantive democracy"--

List of contents

1. Parties, Machines, and Personalities

2. Regimes and Resilience Reconceptualized

3. The Convoluted Political Path to Malaysia

4. Edging toward Sovereign Singapore

5. Competitive Authoritarianism in Malaysia: Consolidated but Challenged

6. Hegemonic Electoral Authoritarianism in Singapore: Firmly Entrenched

7. Drivers of Stasis and Change: Will the Pattern Hold?

About the author

Meredith L. Weiss

Product details

• Authors: Meredith L. Weiss
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781501750045
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5004-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education