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Debating the conduct and nature of Malaysian politics: communalism and new media post-March 2008
Diskussion über die Ausführung und Art der Politik Malaysias: Kommunalismus und neue Medien nach März 2008
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Abstract The results of Malaysia's general election held on 8 March 2008 was nothing short of monumental. By winning five state legislatures and denying the incumbent governing coalition its hitherto routine two-thirds parliamentary majority, the performance of the opposition, swayed by the contribution of t... mehr
The results of Malaysia's general election held on 8 March 2008 was nothing short of monumental. By winning five state legislatures and denying the incumbent governing coalition its hitherto routine two-thirds parliamentary majority, the performance of the opposition, swayed by the contribution of the new media, raised hopes that Malaysian politics had turned a corner. Following the elections, the popular discursive terrain in Malaysia was awash with talk of a "new politics" that had emerged, and that transcended the traditional narratives of race, religion, and communalism. The purpose of this paper is to examine the veracity of these claims in relation to the nature and conduct of politics in Malaysia. It argues that, three years after the 2008 elections, the communal narrative remains as forceful a factor in Malaysian politics despite the presence of a multi-ethnic opposition coalition and the hope engendered by the emergence of the new media as an equalizing factor that has eroded the incumbent’s traditional hegemonic control over information.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
politisches System; Politik; Opposition; Partei; Wahlergebnis; neue Medien; Online-Medien; Südostasien; politischer Wandel; Berichterstattung; Nachrichtenwesen; Wahlkampf; Parlamentswahl; Malaysia; ethnische Beziehungen; Kommunalpolitik
Klassifikation
Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Methode
empirisch-qualitativ; deskriptive Studie; empirisch
Freie Schlagwörter
political science; area studies; Malayisa; campaigning; new media; communal politics; elections; 2000-2010
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Seitenangabe
S. 39-65
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 29 (2010) 4
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung