Ethnic Chinese Politics in East Malaysia, 1945-2018

Ngu Ik Tien explores how Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) regime-once celebrated as a model of consociational democracy-achieved broad political domination through its structures and systems across the country, including in the Chinese-majority municipality of Sibu in Sarawak. However, the study reveals how the regime deviated from ideal consociational principles, ultimately alienating ethnic mino...