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A New Malaysia? Elite Defectors and Opposition Success in Malaysias 2018 ElectionsLecture | October 23 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library Sebastian Dettman, Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University Center for Southeast Asia Studies Until 2018, Malaysia's ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional or BN) coalition was one of the most durable authoritarian governments in the world. But this past May, a coalition of opposition parties won power, unseating the BN government for the first time in 61 years. This talk will examine the roots of this victory in the unique coalitional dynamics that allowed the BN to hold power and for the opposition to win. Rather than building nationally appealing political parties, the opposition parties used coalitions to divide the electoral map based on territorially concentrated ethno-religious constituencies. cseas@berkeley.edu, 510-642-3609 |
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