MALAYSIA’S 14<sup>TH</sup> GENERAL ELECTIONS: DRIVERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE

Hutchinson, Francis E.

doi:10.1080/03068374.2018.1521126

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“…Pengisytiharan tersebut telah mengundang kemarahan orang ramai dan walaupun hari berkenaan tidak mempunyai sebarang sekatan perlembagaan namun hari tersebut adalah pertengahan minggu dan juga hari untuk orang bekerja. Pengkaji politik berhujah bahawa pemilihan hari Rabu itu adalah bertujuan untuk mengurangkan kadar yang keluar undi (Hutchinson, 2018).…”

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Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Azlan

Razak

Rosli

2021

MJSSH

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Perspektif konvensional memposisikan Parlimen itu sebagai satu sumber yang signifikan untuk proses penyuburan demokrasi setempat dan kewujudan Parlimen itu membawa kepada satu andaian bahawa sememangnya proses pengukuhan demokrasi itu tidak asing dan ia bergantung kepada aspek-aspek keberfungsian sesuatu institusi itu dan juga jenis sistem politik yang diterapkan. Justeru itu, kekalahan rejim Barisan Nasional di dalam Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-14 yang diadakan pada Mei 2018 membuktikan bahawa gelombang pendemokrasian telah berjaya menembusi tembok autoritarian yang dibina berdekad lamanya. Tentangan politik yang diolah oleh gabungan pembangkang Pakatan Harapan memberikan impak yang sangat signifikan terhadap perubahan corak kekuasaan di peringkat persekutuan dan negeri. Kajian ini juga berhujah bahawa kejatuhan rejim autoritarian telah membawa kepada pendemokrasian gelagat berparlimen di mana institusi tersebut menyaksikan beberapa siri perubahan yang drastik di bawah pentadbiran kerajaan Pakatan Harapan. Pembaharuan institusi yang dibawa oleh pentadbiran Pakatan Harapan ini adalah signifikan di mana kuasa politik tidak lagi dipusatkan dan tertumpu sepenuhnya di bawah satu punca kuasa yang sama dan pertukaran kepimpinan di peringkat persekutuan ini juga menyaksikan Parlimen beroperasi sepenuhnya mengikut skema demokrasi yang dianjurkan dan seterusnya menjadikan gelagat berparlimen itu lebih menyeluruh.

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Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Azlan

Razak

Rosli

2021

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“…Several accounts highlight the role of elite defections, particularly of former UMNO prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose ability to attract votes from the country's ethnic Malay majority and to overcome interference by UMNO-aligned institutions was seen as vital (Abdullah 2019;Lemiere 2018;Hutchinson 2018). Structural changes and modernization likewise feature among the explanations (Slater 2018), as do the effects of economic conditions (Hutchinson 2018) Explanations, in other words, are varied and focus overwhelmingly on particular dimensions of the election. The results themselves indicate considerable diversity in voting behavior along ethnic and geographic lines.…”

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Four arenas: Malaysia’s 2018 election, reform, and democratization

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Oliver

2020

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Malaysia's 2018 election saw the unexpected defeat of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the end of more than six decades of dominant party rule. Three core questions arise. How did the opposition finally overcome the extensive obstacles to achieve victory? What were anti-UMNO voters actually voting for? And finally, what do those answers imply for reform and democratization? We argue that Malaysia is actually comprised of four distinct identity-based polities, each with a unique electoral dynamic and vision for the country's political future. Using this four arenas framework provides key insights into UMNO's defeat, which was achieved by making inroadslargely through elite splits-in two previously impenetrable arenas. As one arena remains electorally pivotal, it exerts a disproportionately large influence on the new government's reform agenda, as well as ensures the continued salience of identity politics.

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“…The fiscal changes -eliminating most subsidies as well as adding a sales tax -"represented a fundamentally different relationship between the Malaysian state and its citizenry," according to Hutchinson (2018: 590). Along with business, the middle-class citizen now paid tax and was not dependent on government subsidies (Hutchinson, 2018). The breakthrough election, to use the terms of Morgenbesser and Pepinsky, was the culmination rather than the cause of the forces causing democratic expansion (Morgenbesser and Pepinsky, 2018).…”

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Assaults on capitalism and democratic backsliding: Evidence from Asia

Gilley

2020

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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It is generally assumed that stable democracies depend on sufficient economic freedoms that support ideas of individual independence and that shift resources from state to society. The growth and consolidation of economic freedoms under capitalism has been empirically linked to the growth and consolidation of democracy. Asia as a region has generally conformed to this theory, albeit with delayed democratic transitions due to the state-directed nature of development. This article revisits the capitalism/democracy relationship in East and Southeast Asia with a particular focus on contemporary concerns with global democratic backsliding. It shows the enduring analytic and empirical utility of capitalism to explain structural pressures on democratic development. It also shows how assaults on capitalism have predictive and descriptive value as indicators of authoritarian repression and democratic backsliding. The article highlights the continued relevance of capitalism for understanding democratic development, and underscores the significance of Asia to broader debates on democratic backsliding.

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MALAYSIA’S 14^TH GENERAL ELECTIONS: DRIVERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE

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Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Four arenas: Malaysia’s 2018 election, reform, and democratization

Assaults on capitalism and democratic backsliding: Evidence from Asia

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Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Gelagat Berparlimen Pasca-Rejim Autoritarian: Satu Tinjauan Awal dalam Politik Malaysia

Four arenas: Malaysia’s 2018 election, reform, and democratization

Assaults on capitalism and democratic backsliding: Evidence from Asia

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