Sabah and Sarawak in the 14th General Election 2018 (GE14): Local Factors and State Nationalism

Many would argue that the main factors in Pakatan Harapan’s victory were the 1MDB scandal, anti-Najib and anti-UMNO sentiments, and Mahathir’s ability to penetrate the rural Malay constituencies so as to split the UMNO/PAS vote. In the East Malaysia states of Sabah and Sarawak, however, it was local factors and state nationalism that largely decided the outcome of GE14. In this article, I will argue that the rise of state nationalism means that the most potent political issue in contemporary East Malaysia is MA63 – or the 1963 Malaysia Agreement. MA63 gives Sabah and Sarawak autonomy in a wide... Mehr ...

Verfasser: James Chin
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Schlagwörter: Political Science / Malaysia / GE14 / Sabah / Sarawak / Malaysia Agreement 1963 / 300 / 320 / 322 / 324
Sprache: Englisch
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