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Title Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore / edited by Greg Lopez and Bridget Welsh
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (329 pages)
Contents Intro; Contents; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Rethinking Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore; Chapter 2. Change without 'Change': Malaysia after GE 2013; Chapter 3. Change and Elections: 1969 and 2013 Similarities; Chapter 4. After GE13: What happened and now what?; Chapter 5. Bersih and Civic Empowerment in Malaysia; Chapter 6: Gaps between the Singapore Government and the Electorate; Chapter 7: Policy and Political Reform in Singapore; Chapter 8. PAP's Communication Strategy; Chapter 9. New Media, Old Rule in Malaysia
Chapter 10. The Curious Incident of the Seditious Dog Training VideoChapter 11. Malaysia's Management of Petroleum Resources; Chapter 12. The Politics of Malaysia's B40; Chapter 13. Managing the Malaysian Economy after the Watershed GE 2008; Chapter 14. Economic Growth, Democratic Participation and Social Welfare in Singapore; Chapter 15. Representation, Literacy and 'Gladiatorism' in Malaysian Politics; Chapter 16. Coalitions in Malaysia: Comparing Party Networks and Dynamics; Chapter 17. Dislodging Malaysia's Culture of Domination; Chapter 18. Rule by Law in Malaysia and Singapore
Chapter 19. Conclusion: Challenges to Resilience in Malaysia and SingaporeBibliography; About the Authors
Summary Prominent scholars analyze 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 the tenures of prime ministers, the authors offer explanations for how these regimes remained resilient
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Subject United Malays National Organisation.
People's Action Party (Singapore)
SUBJECT People's Action Party (Singapore) fast
United Malays National Organisation fast
Subject Political parties -- Malaysia
Political parties -- Singapore
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Political parties
Politics and government
SUBJECT Malaysia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Singapore -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Malaysia
Singapore
Form Electronic book
Author Lopez, Greg, editor
Welsh, Bridget, 1971- editor.
Balasubramaniam, R. Rueban
Funston, John
Jones, David Martin
Kessler, Clive
Khoo, Gaik Cheng
Ariff, Mohamed
Lopez, Greg
ISBN 9781498575850
1498575854