The geographic scope of opposition challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament

• Main Author: DETTMAN, Sebastian Carl
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: authoritarian legislatures; opposition parties; parliamentary questions; regionalism; Malaysia; Asian Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3784
• Institution: Singapore Management University

During the long rule of the BN (Barisan Nasional) coalition prior to 2018, Malaysia’s parliament, the Dewan Rakyat, was largely absent from analyses of political contestation between the ruling government and its opposition. Nevertheless, during this period, opposition MPs were active users of avail...