Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-7015
Exports for your reference manager
The Malaysian general elections of 2013: the last attempt at secular-inclusive nation-building?
Die Parlamentswahl in Malaysia 2013: ein letzter Versuch zur säkular-inklusiven Staatenbildung?
[journal article]
Abstract "This paper looks at the Malaysian General Election campaign of 2013, and focuses primarily on the 1Malaysia project that was foregrounded by the administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak. It compares the 1Malaysia project with other projects aimed at nation-building, such as the Wawasan 2020 pro... view more
"This paper looks at the Malaysian General Election campaign of 2013, and focuses primarily on the 1Malaysia project that was foregrounded by the administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak. It compares the 1Malaysia project with other projects aimed at nation-building, such as the Wawasan 2020 project of former Prime Minister Mahathir and the Islam Hadari project of former Prime Minister Badawi; and asks if 1Malaysia was truly an attempt at building a sense of Malaysian nationhood based on universal citizenship regardless of race or religion; and it also considers the response to the 1Malaysia project that came from the opposition parties of the country. Malaysia has experienced a steady process of islamisation that dates back to the Mahathir era, and the question of whether the political domain of Malaysia has been overcome by religious-communitarian markers and values will be raised in the paper as well." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
communitarism; election; Asia; secularization; parliamentary election; Malaysia; Southeast Asia; religion; nation; developing country
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 89-104
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 32 (2013) 2
Issue topic
The 2013 Malaysian elections
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed