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The Malaysian state : = A case study of authoritarian populism.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Malaysian state :/
Reminder of title:	A case study of authoritarian populism.
Author:	Munro, Anne M.
Description:	1 online resource (303 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11, Section: C.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-11C.
Subject:	Southeast Asian studies. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355923506

The Malaysian state : = A case study of authoritarian populism.
Munro, Anne M.

The Malaysian state :A case study of authoritarian populism. - 1 online resource (303 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11, Section: C.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 1993.

Includes bibliographical references

This thesis argues that the Malaysian State corresponds both descriptively and analytically to the concept of authoritarian-populism, as it has arisen from the Latin American experience. A historical perspective is taken to examine the social and economic forces which have determined the form of the state. Critical in this was the colonial legacy of uneven economic development, sectorally contiguous with ethnic composition. The post colonial state thus inherited contradictions embedded in the social formation which involved both ethnic and social class features. Authoritarian-populism, it is argued, emerged as a coherent ideology and practice with the demise of the feudal oligarchy in 1969 and as a means by which the emergent Malay bourgeoisie could both restructure capital and social class. Based on Laclau's understanding of populism the thesis examines the ways in which it is necessarily repressive, arising from the underlying class based objective. The Malaysian case study bears this out through the ethnic/class application of populist policies. The communal ideology corresponding to the restructuring policies is today powerfully presented through State monopoly of the media and under the charismatic leadership of Dr Mahathir. The Parliamentary process is in place but its democratic function has been progessively eroded. Economic policies have produced growth and the ruling power bloc has remained in power for more than 30 years, in no small measure because of the repressive apparatus of detention without trial. Economic success through foreign and state entrepreneurial activities has depended on the repressive state to allow "stability" to prevail. But as privatisation today illustrates, the chief benefactors are the ruling elite themselves. The study suggests that the reclamation of democracy lies in the new contradictions created by the the restructuring process. As social class differentiation sharpens, communal populism may lose its relevance. However, it is also clear that the dominant ideology functions to define communalist parameters to the political and economic debate, through educational and cultural institutions, and media hegemony. Thus contradictions are not only economic, but also result from the failure of the state to meet the rights and obligations of the people in broad democratic terms as agreed in the Constitution.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355923506Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Southeast Asian studies.
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