Sean Dettman
Biographic Data
| ID | 299002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Dettman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Dettman |
| SIGNATURE | DETTMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Singapore Management University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2970-5592 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Demographic structure and voting behaviour during democratization: Evidence from Malaysia’s 2022 election
Challenges of Ethnic Party Adaptation in Power-Sharing Systems: Evidence from Malaysia
In authoritarian systems, ethnic power-sharing arrangements include important ethnic groups in government and decision-making while putting restraints on political competition. However, under conditions of democratization, we might expect power-sharing arrangements to fragment as political parties seize opportunities to expand their base and appeal across ethnic lines. This article draws from the case of Malaysia, where multiethnic coalitions bui…
The Discourse of ‘The People’s War’ in Britain and the USA during World War II
David Edgerton has argued that the term ‘people’s war’ was not much in use during World War II and that where it did occur it was used in ‘a critical and oppositional, rather than an official-celebratory’ sense. We show that Edgerton’s conclusions are an artefact of his limited source-base and narrow reading of the evidence. The phrase ‘people’s war’ was in fact used in Ministry of Information propaganda and cropped up widely in the press, leadin…
Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia
Mobilizing for Elections is an exciting and ambitious mapping of the contours of modern patronage in the region. The book provides a conceptual framework to understand patronage in the context of electoral mobilization and answers a variety of questions about the mechanics and patterns of patronage in Southeast Asia: what kinds of patronage are distributed and how, the response of voters to patronage, and variation within and across the cases the…
The Geographic Scope Of Opposition Challenges In Malaysia's Parliament
During the long rule of the BN (Barisan Nasional) coalition prior to 2018, Malaysia's parliament, the Dewan Rakyat, was largely absent from analyses of political contestation between the ruling government and its opposition. Nevertheless, during this period, opposition MPs were active users of available legislative tools such as parliamentary questions, offering a rich source of data about their priorities and political positioning. This article …
Our Island Fortress' and the Sea: The threat of a cross-Channel Nazi invasion and the maritime traditions that helped save Britain, 1940-1941
Britain's wartime 'Island Fortress' propaganda campaign of 1940-1941 projected the language and imagery of a united British people ready to defend their island nation against the threat of a cross-Channel Nazi invasion. Embedded in this patriotic, belligerent, propaganda construct was the insularity and protracted position of 'Deep England' that celebrated the rolling hills and British countryside and inspired resistance against advancing Nazi fo…
Authoritarian innovations and democratic reform in the “New Malaysia
Malaysia's National Front coalition, one of the world's most durable authoritarian governments, lost power in national elections held in 2018. Although incumbent turnover represents a significant step toward democratization, the reform of institutions and practices associated with political domination by the country's Malay Muslim majority has been slowed in the face of challenges from a new configuration of opposition forces. The new opposition,…
Political Financing Reform: Politics, Policies and Patronage in Malaysia
This article analyses the evolution of political finance reform debates in Malaysia, one of the world’s most durable electoral authoritarian regimes. While the reliance of the dominant party, UMNO, on unfettered resources remained unchanged, crises in Malaysia’s political environment allowed civil society actors to concretise abstract debates over reform into specific proposals. Drawing from interviews, public statements and observation, two dist…
Has Patronage Lost Its Punch in Malaysia
The personalistic linkages that generally define Malaysian politics come into sharp relief when candidates confront the imperative of winning office. Malaysia’s 14th general election (GE14), as other previous iterations, saw politicians emphasize their ‘personal touch’ and offer a barrage of targeted promises. Yet these relationships are not confined to elections and reflect deep connections between voters and politicians – not only for politicia…
Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia
When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study from Indonesia
The authors analyse the 2010 mayoral election in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. Medan is an ethnically and religiously diverse city and the authors treat the elections here as a case study of inter-communal dynamics in local elections in plural regions of Indonesia. The first round of the vote was contested by 10 pairs of candidates and occurred in a climate of cross-ethnic alliance building and appeals that, the authors argue, are typical of …
Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia
When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study from Indonesia
The authors analyse the 2010 mayoral election in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. Medan is an ethnically and religiously diverse city and the authors treat the elections here as a case study of inter-communal dynamics in local elections in plural regions of Indonesia. The first round of the vote was contested by 10 pairs of candidates and occurred in a climate of cross-ethnic alliance building and appeals that, the authors argue, are typical of …
Authoritarian innovations and democratic reform in the “New Malaysia
Malaysia's National Front coalition, one of the world's most durable authoritarian governments, lost power in national elections held in 2018. Although incumbent turnover represents a significant step toward democratization, the reform of institutions and practices associated with political domination by the country's Malay Muslim majority has been slowed in the face of challenges from a new configuration of opposition forces. The new opposition,…
Political Financing Reform: Politics, Policies and Patronage in Malaysia
This article analyses the evolution of political finance reform debates in Malaysia, one of the world’s most durable electoral authoritarian regimes. While the reliance of the dominant party, UMNO, on unfettered resources remained unchanged, crises in Malaysia’s political environment allowed civil society actors to concretise abstract debates over reform into specific proposals. Drawing from interviews, public statements and observation, two dist…
Has Patronage Lost Its Punch in Malaysia
The personalistic linkages that generally define Malaysian politics come into sharp relief when candidates confront the imperative of winning office. Malaysia’s 14th general election (GE14), as other previous iterations, saw politicians emphasize their ‘personal touch’ and offer a barrage of targeted promises. Yet these relationships are not confined to elections and reflect deep connections between voters and politicians – not only for politicia…
Demographic structure and voting behaviour during democratization: Evidence from Malaysia’s 2022 election
Challenges of Ethnic Party Adaptation in Power-Sharing Systems: Evidence from Malaysia
In authoritarian systems, ethnic power-sharing arrangements include important ethnic groups in government and decision-making while putting restraints on political competition. However, under conditions of democratization, we might expect power-sharing arrangements to fragment as political parties seize opportunities to expand their base and appeal across ethnic lines. This article draws from the case of Malaysia, where multiethnic coalitions bui…
The Discourse of ‘The People’s War’ in Britain and the USA during World War II
David Edgerton has argued that the term ‘people’s war’ was not much in use during World War II and that where it did occur it was used in ‘a critical and oppositional, rather than an official-celebratory’ sense. We show that Edgerton’s conclusions are an artefact of his limited source-base and narrow reading of the evidence. The phrase ‘people’s war’ was in fact used in Ministry of Information propaganda and cropped up widely in the press, leadin…
When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study from Indonesia
The authors analyse the 2010 mayoral election in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. Medan is an ethnically and religiously diverse city and the authors treat the elections here as a case study of inter-communal dynamics in local elections in plural regions of Indonesia. The first round of the vote was contested by 10 pairs of candidates and occurred in a climate of cross-ethnic alliance building and appeals that, the authors argue, are typical of …
Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia
Has Patronage Lost Its Punch in Malaysia
The personalistic linkages that generally define Malaysian politics come into sharp relief when candidates confront the imperative of winning office. Malaysia’s 14th general election (GE14), as other previous iterations, saw politicians emphasize their ‘personal touch’ and offer a barrage of targeted promises. Yet these relationships are not confined to elections and reflect deep connections between voters and politicians – not only for politicia…
Authoritarian innovations and democratic reform in the “New Malaysia
Malaysia's National Front coalition, one of the world's most durable authoritarian governments, lost power in national elections held in 2018. Although incumbent turnover represents a significant step toward democratization, the reform of institutions and practices associated with political domination by the country's Malay Muslim majority has been slowed in the face of challenges from a new configuration of opposition forces. The new opposition,…
Political Financing Reform: Politics, Policies and Patronage in Malaysia
This article analyses the evolution of political finance reform debates in Malaysia, one of the world’s most durable electoral authoritarian regimes. While the reliance of the dominant party, UMNO, on unfettered resources remained unchanged, crises in Malaysia’s political environment allowed civil society actors to concretise abstract debates over reform into specific proposals. Drawing from interviews, public statements and observation, two dist…
Challenges of Ethnic Party Adaptation in Power-Sharing Systems: Evidence from Malaysia
In authoritarian systems, ethnic power-sharing arrangements include important ethnic groups in government and decision-making while putting restraints on political competition. However, under conditions of democratization, we might expect power-sharing arrangements to fragment as political parties seize opportunities to expand their base and appeal across ethnic lines. This article draws from the case of Malaysia, where multiethnic coalitions bui…
The Discourse of ‘The People’s War’ in Britain and the USA during World War II
David Edgerton has argued that the term ‘people’s war’ was not much in use during World War II and that where it did occur it was used in ‘a critical and oppositional, rather than an official-celebratory’ sense. We show that Edgerton’s conclusions are an artefact of his limited source-base and narrow reading of the evidence. The phrase ‘people’s war’ was in fact used in Ministry of Information propaganda and cropped up widely in the press, leadin…
Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia
Mobilizing for Elections is an exciting and ambitious mapping of the contours of modern patronage in the region. The book provides a conceptual framework to understand patronage in the context of electoral mobilization and answers a variety of questions about the mechanics and patterns of patronage in Southeast Asia: what kinds of patronage are distributed and how, the response of voters to patronage, and variation within and across the cases the…
The Geographic Scope Of Opposition Challenges In Malaysia's Parliament
During the long rule of the BN (Barisan Nasional) coalition prior to 2018, Malaysia's parliament, the Dewan Rakyat, was largely absent from analyses of political contestation between the ruling government and its opposition. Nevertheless, during this period, opposition MPs were active users of available legislative tools such as parliamentary questions, offering a rich source of data about their priorities and political positioning. This article …
Our Island Fortress' and the Sea: The threat of a cross-Channel Nazi invasion and the maritime traditions that helped save Britain, 1940-1941
Britain's wartime 'Island Fortress' propaganda campaign of 1940-1941 projected the language and imagery of a united British people ready to defend their island nation against the threat of a cross-Channel Nazi invasion. Embedded in this patriotic, belligerent, propaganda construct was the insularity and protracted position of 'Deep England' that celebrated the rolling hills and British countryside and inspired resistance against advancing Nazi fo…
Demographic structure and voting behaviour during democratization: Evidence from Malaysia’s 2022 election
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Asian Studies and History (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (5 works) · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation (4 works)