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oapen-20.500.12657-570632022-08-19T09:27:12Z Opposing Power Ong, Elvin Electoral Autocracies, Electoral Authoritarian Regimes, Electoral Authoritarianism, Dominant Parties, Democratization, Democratic Reforms, Opposition Parties, Opposition Alliances, Opposition Coalitions, Opposition Cooperation, Opposition Coordination, Pre-Electoral Alliances, Pre-Electoral Coalitions, Opposition Campaigns, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPB Comparative politics Opposing Power argues that perceptions of regime vulnerability and mutual dependency by opposition elites shape the building of opposition alliances. When electoral autocracies are consistently dominant, opposition parties eschew fully fledged alliances. At best, they allocate only one candidate to contest against the incumbent in each subnational electoral district to avoid splitting the opposition vote. However, when multiple regime-debilitating events strike within a short period of time, thus pushing an incumbent to the precipice of power, opposition elites expect victory, accepting costly compromises to build alliances and seize power. Opposing Power shows how oppositions build these alliances through case study comparisons in East and Southeast Asia—between the Philippines and South Korea in the late 1980s, and between Malaysia and Singapore from 1965 to 2020. 2022-06-21T09:36:28Z 2022-06-21T09:36:28Z 2022 book 9780472133000 9780472038886 9780472220007 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57063 eng Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780472902729.pdf 9780472902729.epub https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-03888-6-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-03888-6-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-03888-6-thumb.jpg University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12001520 10.3998/mpub.12001520 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780472133000 9780472038886 9780472220007 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 312 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Opposing Power argues that perceptions of regime vulnerability and mutual dependency by opposition elites shape the building of opposition alliances. When electoral autocracies are consistently dominant, opposition parties eschew fully fledged alliances. At best, they allocate only one candidate to contest against the incumbent in each subnational electoral district to avoid splitting the opposition vote. However, when multiple regime-debilitating events strike within a short period of time, thus pushing an incumbent to the precipice of power, opposition elites expect victory, accepting costly compromises to build alliances and seize power. Opposing Power shows how oppositions build these alliances through case study comparisons in East and Southeast Asia—between the Philippines and South Korea in the late 1980s, and between Malaysia and Singapore from 1965 to 2020.
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