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Clientelist and Programmatic Factionalism Within Malaysian Political Parties
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Abstract This article analyses factionalism within ruling and opposition parties in Malaysia, with a focus on party splits and/or the toppling or near-toppling of dominant factions at the national level. Political parties are either composed of clientelist or programmatic factions or represent hybrids that c... mehr
This article analyses factionalism within ruling and opposition parties in Malaysia, with a focus on party splits and/or the toppling or near-toppling of dominant factions at the national level. Political parties are either composed of clientelist or programmatic factions or represent hybrids that combine clientelist and programmatic factionalism. The strength and the type of factionalism depend upon policy space and the intensity of control over party groups. Programmatic factionalism is more probable if policy space is wide. Policy space is an effect of the positioning (relatively dependent or independent from other parties in the coalition) and the basic ideology of a party, that is, the major stance on religion, ethnicity, and the shape of the political system at large. If there is hardly any policy space, factionalism will be clientelistic rather than programmatic. Whether this type of factionalism arises is contingent upon the intensity of control over groups within the party and the availability of patronage goods. The control of party members is dependent upon the strength of the party leader and the centralisation of party organisation. This is demonstrated with reference to UMNO (United Malays National Organisation) (from programmatic to clientelist factionalism), some coalition partners of UMNO such as the MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) (clientelist factionalism), and the Islamist PAS (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) (programmatic clientelism). Moreover, a brief analysis of East Malaysian parties in Sabah and Sarawak helps to further elucidate the major dynamics of factionalism.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Partei; Regierung; Staatsorgan; politisch-administratives System; Malaysia; Parteiensystem; Fraktion; Klientelismus; Entwicklung; Regierungspartei; Opposition; Willensbildung; Entscheidung; Diskurs; Südostasien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 59-81
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 39 (2020) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1868103420916047
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)