The Roots of Resilience: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia
Meredith L. Weiss, "The Roots of Resilience: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia"
English | ISBN: 1501750046 | 2020 | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1501750046 | 2020 | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The Roots of Resilience examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or "hybrid" regimes―Singapore and Malaysia―where politically liberal and authoritarian features are blended to evade substantive democracy. Although skewed elections, curbed civil liberties, and a dose of coercion help sustain these regimes, selectively structured state policies and patronage, partisan machines that effectively stand in for local governments, and diligently sustained clientelist relations between politicians and constituents are equally important.
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