Political financing reform: Politics, policies, and patronage in Malaysia

• Main Authors: DETTMAN, Sebastian Carl, GOMEZ, Edmund Terence
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Political financing reforms; electoral authoritarian regimes; policies; patronage; Malaysia; Asian Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3122; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4379/viewcontent/Political_Financing_Reform_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article analyses the evolution of political finance reform debates in Malaysia, one of the world’s most durable electoral authoritarian regimes. While the reliance of the dominant party, UMNO, on unfettered resources remained unchanged, crises in Malaysia’s political environment allowed civil s...