Schumpeterian Democracy and the Winnability of Barisan Nasional : Voting Behavior and Political Markets Distortions in Malaysia

• Main Author: Mohd Kamal, Khairil Annuar
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works; H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology; JC Political theory
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3235/1/schumpeterian%2Bdemocracy%2Band%2Bwinnability%2B%2528abstract%2529%20%281%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3235/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Barisan Nasional (and its predecessor Perikatan) has won all Federal Elections and most of the state elections since the Independence of Malaya and the formation of Malaysia. Why is this so? In this paper I conceptualize possible reasons why BN won. I begin with Newman and Sheth’s (1985) static mode...