Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia

Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia

Publisher

NIAS Press

Year of Publication

2023

Series

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics

ISBN

9788776943202

Description

The historic electoral defeat suffered in 2018 by Barisan Nasional (BN), which had ruled Malaysia for over half a century since independence, raised high expectations for electoral reform. Wide-ranging reform recommendations were indeed advanced but clearly these were complicated by the ethnic dimension and required a sustained effort to succeed. Prospects for their implementation were dimmed by the dramatic fall of the 22-month-old Pakatan Harapan government, reduced political activity during the Covid lockdown and in recent times the revived fortunes of BN-aligned political forces.

Taking all of these factors into account, this impressive study takes stock of the state of democracy in Malaysia by offering readers a deep but readily understandable analysis of an array of electoral reform issues.

Produced by a team of scholars ranging from very senior to promising younger academics, it also draws on the experiences of other countries and provides insights and lessons for countries wishing to undertake electoral reform after transitioning from authoritarianism.

The result is a resource that will interest the politically engaged as well as scholars of political process, a study that is both wide-ranging and focused, and a primer on electoral politics that will be of wide interest far beyond Malaysia.

Other Information

Edited by Helen Ting M. H. and Donald L. Horowitz.

Disciplines

Election Law | Law | Other Political Science

Subjects

Elections, Democracy, Malaysia

Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia
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