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Democracy Without Consensus: Communalism and Political Stability in Malaysia
By (Author) Karl Von Vorys
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
320.9595
Hardback
460
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
992g
Since World War II the democratic systems adopted by states emerging from colonial rule have in some cases been abandoned and in others suspended or transformed. Two questions arise: Can democracy succeed in newly independent states dominated by communal cleavages If so, what adjustments are necessary in Western models of democracy Karl von Vorys