Malaysia - towards a topology of an electoral one-party state

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 920-949

  Wong, Chin Huat ^a   Chin, James ^a   Othman, Norani ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consolidated democracy; Malaysia; One party state; Opposition parties; Two party system; United malays national organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957695962     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2010.501179     Document Type: Article

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