Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics

Due to its intangible nature, the ideological factor has seldom been given consideration in the study of transition politics. Although transitology scholars posit factors such as elite splits and effective popular uprisings as causes of transition, these theories fall short of explaining the dispari...

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Main Author: Yong, Yanminn
Other Authors: Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157132
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description Due to its intangible nature, the ideological factor has seldom been given consideration in the study of transition politics. Although transitology scholars posit factors such as elite splits and effective popular uprisings as causes of transition, these theories fall short of explaining the disparity in post-transition political developments. This article aims to fill the gap by examining the ideologies underpinning the mass mobilizations of Indonesia’s 1998 and Malaysia’s 2018 transitions. The following argument is made: when protestors’ ideology undermines the ideational foundation of the old order, elites forming the new government are incentivized to implement reforms. These institutional barriers help prevent the resurrection of the ousted faction, hence minimizing the threat of a prompt reversal in transition outcomes. Ultimately, this study seeks to supplement the literature on transition politics by recognizing the potential of the people’s ideology in shaping post-transition trajectories.
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spelling ntu-10356/1571322023-03-05T15:44:10Z Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics Yong, Yanminn Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah School of Social Sciences walid@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Malaysia Due to its intangible nature, the ideological factor has seldom been given consideration in the study of transition politics. Although transitology scholars posit factors such as elite splits and effective popular uprisings as causes of transition, these theories fall short of explaining the disparity in post-transition political developments. This article aims to fill the gap by examining the ideologies underpinning the mass mobilizations of Indonesia’s 1998 and Malaysia’s 2018 transitions. The following argument is made: when protestors’ ideology undermines the ideational foundation of the old order, elites forming the new government are incentivized to implement reforms. These institutional barriers help prevent the resurrection of the ousted faction, hence minimizing the threat of a prompt reversal in transition outcomes. Ultimately, this study seeks to supplement the literature on transition politics by recognizing the potential of the people’s ideology in shaping post-transition trajectories. Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Public Policy and Global Affairs 2022-05-09T02:22:16Z 2022-05-09T02:22:16Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Yong, Y. (2022). Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157132 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157132 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title_full Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title_fullStr Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title_full_unstemmed Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title_short Not people power but people ideology: the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes' post-transition politics
title_sort not people power but people ideology the role of protestor ideology in authoritarian regimes post transition politics
topic Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Malaysia
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