MY SAY: Priming a third-generation Alliance

• Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: JQ21-6651 Political institutions and public administration (Asia,Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/32552/1/DZUL49.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/32552/

Much has been said about the Alliance or Perikatan as a political entity, and later Barisan Nasional (BN) as a pre-election pact, that dominated the Malayan-Malaysian scene even before independence was won. This is uniquely Malaysian, given that in most cases one hears of pacts after an electoral pr...