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Malaysia is a federation, a democracy, and a constitutional monarchy, but one in which power is strongly centralized. Opposition parties have more scope for gaining power than those in neighboring Asian countries; they can, for example, win control of state governments, but the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition tends to counter this by cutting funding to states which vote against it. It also strictly controls the press.
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(1997). Political Events, Economic Facts, and Demographic Variables. In: Worker Rights and Labor Standards in Asia’s Four New Tigers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34649-6_16
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