Malaysia's 14th general election and UMNO's fall intra-elite feuding in the pursuit of power

"The 2018 Malaysian General Election will stand as a major defining event in Malaysian history, when the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition unexpectedly lost power in the country they had ruled for over half a century. This volume brings together scholars who assess one fundamental factor that b...

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Other Authors: Gomez, Edmund Terence (Editor), Mohamed Nawab (Editor), Case, William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Series:Routledge Malaysian studies series
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Table of Contents:
  • Democratization in an age of authoritarianism : theorizing Malaysia's GE14 / William Case
  • Elite contestations, politics of reform and new voting dynamics of peninsular states in GE14 / Johan Saravanamuttu
  • Elite feuds, patronage and factions : UMNO's demise / Sri Murniati
  • Electoral boundaries in Malaysia's 2018 election : malapportionment, gerrymandering and UMNO's fall / Kai Ostwald
  • "10 years under Pakistan is better than 50 years under UMNO/BN" : pre-electoral conflict and campaign rhetoric in Selangor / Elvin Ong
  • A tale of intra-Malay elite feuds in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya / Prashant Waikar
  • Gambling on grievances : Melaka in GE14 and after / Amalina Anuar and Chan Xin Ying
  • Bangsa Johor : factions, feuds and fall of UMNO / Rashaad Ali
  • Penang : victory by support or defeat by chance? / Chan Xin Ying
  • The battle for Perak / Iskandar Dzulkarnai Ahmad Junid
  • Parties versus personalities in Kedah politics : unstable and hung state assembly in Kedah's GE14 / Mohd. Azizuddin Mohd. Sani
  • The green tsunami in Terengganu : the re-emergence of Parti Islam se-Malaysia / Wan Rohilla Ganti
  • Intra-Islamist elite competition in Kelantan / Najwa Abdullah