Malaysia’s 2008 General Election – Transition from Single-party Dominance?

Leading theories of transitions from single-party dominant systems begin with economic crisis, the party’s loss of patronage resources, and elite-level defections. The multiparty elections that are then held exert no independent effect, but instead register neutrally the party’s decline and the demo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William Case
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/263