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Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains

Studying voting behavioural demands scholars to have a good grasp of the changing conceptual and theoretical frameworks as the societal changes are very dynamic. This study focuses on the changing voting patterns in a plural society of Malaysia in which ethnicity dominated the election ou...

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Main Authors: Mohd Noor, Mansor, Abdullah, Azlina, Ismail, Mohd Mahadee
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Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53239/1/Voting%20behaviour%20in%20Malaysia%20locating%20the%20sociological%20determinants%20of%20ethnicity%2C%20middle%20classes%20and%20development%20gains.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.532392017-10-18T22:38:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53239/ Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains Mohd Noor, Mansor Abdullah, Azlina Ismail, Mohd Mahadee Studying voting behavioural demands scholars to have a good grasp of the changing conceptual and theoretical frameworks as the societal changes are very dynamic. This study focuses on the changing voting patterns in a plural society of Malaysia in which ethnicity dominated the election outcome. Since the election in 2004 results at the state and national levels show that the concern for development agenda by the middle clasess across ethnic divide has redefined the political landscape. This study shows that development agenda could transform a plural society that ensured a flowering of democratic culture in the nation. IDOSI Publications 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53239/1/Voting%20behaviour%20in%20Malaysia%20locating%20the%20sociological%20determinants%20of%20ethnicity%2C%20middle%20classes%20and%20development%20gains.pdf Mohd Noor, Mansor and Abdullah, Azlina and Ismail, Mohd Mahadee (2016) Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains. World Applied Sciences Journal, 34 (6). pp. 805-812. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj.htm 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2016.34.6.15674
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description Studying voting behavioural demands scholars to have a good grasp of the changing conceptual and theoretical frameworks as the societal changes are very dynamic. This study focuses on the changing voting patterns in a plural society of Malaysia in which ethnicity dominated the election outcome. Since the election in 2004 results at the state and national levels show that the concern for development agenda by the middle clasess across ethnic divide has redefined the political landscape. This study shows that development agenda could transform a plural society that ensured a flowering of democratic culture in the nation.
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author Mohd Noor, Mansor
Abdullah, Azlina
Ismail, Mohd Mahadee
spellingShingle Mohd Noor, Mansor
Abdullah, Azlina
Ismail, Mohd Mahadee
Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
author_facet Mohd Noor, Mansor
Abdullah, Azlina
Ismail, Mohd Mahadee
author_sort Mohd Noor, Mansor
title Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
title_short Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
title_full Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
title_fullStr Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
title_full_unstemmed Voting behaviour in Malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
title_sort voting behaviour in malaysia: locating the sociological determinants of ethnicity, middle classes and development gains
publisher IDOSI Publications
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53239/1/Voting%20behaviour%20in%20Malaysia%20locating%20the%20sociological%20determinants%20of%20ethnicity%2C%20middle%20classes%20and%20development%20gains.pdf
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