Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak

This article discusses traditionalism as an issue in electoral politics by analyzing Sarawak 2006 State Legislative Assembly Election. Traditional politics is based on communal differences and on ethnic-based framework; it focuses on the existence of ethnic divisions that constitute the basis of mor...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ghazali Mayudin, Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2008
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/1/1.pdf

id	ukm-367
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-3672016-12-14T06:27:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/ Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak Ghazali Mayudin, Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop, This article discusses traditionalism as an issue in electoral politics by analyzing Sarawak 2006 State Legislative Assembly Election. Traditional politics is based on communal differences and on ethnic-based framework; it focuses on the existence of ethnic divisions that constitute the basis of more traditional politics. In 2006 we saw the revival of Traditional Politics and processes which challenge traditional politics to engage a new way of looking. The results of the 2006 State Legislative Assembly Election of Sarawak were a shock to both the government and the opposition parties. The election results also showed that especially among the Malay voters, traditional politics still persist as they do not favour political change. On the other hand Chinese voters were more calculative and rational in their choice of party and candidates- more pragmatic and in favour of change. This article stresses external and internal issues raised by the Chinese-based parties, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) and Democratic Action Party (DAP), in Sarawak State Elections of 2001 and 2006; and the effects on the election results. In 2001, the main campaign issue was on external issues such as the 9/11 incident and the racial conflicts in other countries. On the other hand, in 2006, domestic issues such as the increase of petroleum price, land lease and land premium were predominant. Penerbit UKM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/1/1.pdf Ghazali Mayudin, and Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop, (2008) Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 35 . pp. 65-80. ISSN 2180-0251 http://www.ukm.my/jebat
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	This article discusses traditionalism as an issue in electoral politics by analyzing Sarawak 2006 State Legislative Assembly Election. Traditional politics is based on communal differences and on ethnic-based framework; it focuses on the existence of ethnic divisions that constitute the basis of more traditional politics. In 2006 we saw the revival of Traditional Politics and processes which challenge traditional politics to engage a new way of looking. The results of the 2006 State Legislative Assembly Election of Sarawak were a shock to both the government and the opposition parties. The election results also showed that especially among the Malay voters, traditional politics still persist as they do not favour political change. On the other hand Chinese voters were more calculative and rational in their choice of party and candidates- more pragmatic and in favour of change. This article stresses external and internal issues raised by the Chinese-based parties, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) and Democratic Action Party (DAP), in Sarawak State Elections of 2001 and 2006; and the effects on the election results. In 2001, the main campaign issue was on external issues such as the 9/11 incident and the racial conflicts in other countries. On the other hand, in 2006, domestic issues such as the increase of petroleum price, land lease and land premium were predominant.
format	Article
author	Ghazali Mayudin, Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop,
spellingShingle	Ghazali Mayudin, Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop, Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
author_facet	Ghazali Mayudin, Mohd Rizal Mohd Yaakop,
author_sort	Ghazali Mayudin,
title	Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
title_short	Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
title_full	Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
title_fullStr	Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak
title_sort	traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, sarawak
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2008
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/367/1/1.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:30:41Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:30:41Z
_version_	1777404940289835008

Traditionalism and electoral politics in the land of the hornbills, Sarawak

Similar Items