MY SAY: Priming a third-generation Alliance
Much has been said about the Alliance or Perikatan as a political entity, and later Barisan Nasional (BN) as a pre-election pact, that dominated the Malayan-Malaysian scene even before independence was won. This is uniquely Malaysian, given that in most cases one hears of pacts after an electoral pr...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/32552/ http://eprints.usm.my/32552/1/DZUL49.pdf |
| Summary: | Much has been said about the Alliance or Perikatan as a political entity, and later Barisan Nasional (BN) as a pre-election pact, that dominated the Malayan-Malaysian scene even before independence was won. This is uniquely Malaysian, given that in most cases one hears of pacts after an electoral process, where political parties scramble to form a government with a comfortable majority. The most recent cases were in the UK and Australia. |
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