Beyond Mahathir

Author : Khoo Boo Teik
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1842774654

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Beyond Mahathir by Khoo Boo Teik Pdf

The planned retirement in October 2003 of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia since July 1981, has occasioned many instant assessments of the Mahathir legacy. In contrast, this book takes a hard look at the long-term social transformation behind the dramatic politics of the Mahathir era. It ranges over issues of political economy, ideology, interethnic relations, the challenge of Islam and the complexities of leadership transition. Khoo Boo Teik explains how the Mahathir regimes's mid-1990's Asian values triumphalism was replaced by the turn-of-the-millenium pessimism and the spectre of a second Malay dilemma. He aims to bring to life Mahathir's predicaments, the contradictions in Anwar Ibrahim's chequered career, and the cultural imperatives behind the historic rise of the Alternative Front's rainbow coalition. The result is an informed lay reader's guide to the momentous, disturbing and even inspiring events which overturned easy assumptions about ethnic politics in Malaysia, tested the regime's economic management, revealed the vitality of cultural revolt, and raised fundamental questions about the directions of the country post-Mahathir.

Author : Ismail Noor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9675851112

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Serving to Lead by Ismail Noor Pdf

Author : Mahathir Mohamad
Publisher : Didier Millet,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9671061761

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The Wit and Wisdom of Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Mahathir Mohamad Pdf

Malaysia's longest-serving and most outspoken prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been politically active for more than 60 years. As a young doctor he agitated for independence from the British and promoted the rights of the Malays, and his long political career culminated in his 22-year term as prime minister during which Malaysia's rapid development, his forthright words and singular policies thrust the country into the eyes of the world. Throughout his career, Dr Mahathir has spoken and written in a frank and uncompromising manner and he has continued to do so since retiring from the premiership in 2003; he remains a controversial figure to this day. The Wit and Wisdom of Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a collection of nearly 600 quotations spanning his time in government and beyond. The quotations are arranged by topic, including those as varied as leadership, race relations, the media, economics and development, colonialism, international relations including Israel and Palestine, and Malaysia itself.

Author : Ioannis Gatsiounis
Publisher : Monsoon Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814358194

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Beyond the Veneer by Ioannis Gatsiounis Pdf

The 2008 elections in Malaysia saw the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, suffer its worst showing since independence, balancing political power and bringing hope of a more progressive, democratic future. No one expected such a show of support for the untested opposition and a show of dissent against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s entrenched coalition government. “Beyond the Veneer: Malaysia’s struggle for dignity and direction” is a comprehensive and timely account of how Malaysia reached this pivotal turning point in the nation’s history, and what the future holds for the country, its leaders and its people. In it Kuala Lumpur-based journalist Ioannis Gatsiounis presents a collection of his published articles from a range of publications, including Asia Times, Newsweek, The Washington Times, and Al Jazeera, offering readers a fascinating look at current socio-political events in Malaysia. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand this promising nation at the crossroads and the key issues that will shape its future.

Author : Dr. Mahathir Mohamad,Abdullah Ahmad
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814634618

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Dr. Mahathir's Selected Letters to World Leaders Volume 1 by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad,Abdullah Ahmad Pdf

Dr Mahathir Mohamad governed Malaysia for 22 years (1981–2003), during which he wrote and received many letters from world leaders. The seventy-one letters presented in this volume—by Dr Mahathir, Tony Blair, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher, George W. Bush and Jacques Chirac, among others—argue the contrasting positions on terrorism, globalisation, economic and diplomatic relations, as well as wars and conflicts. Dr Mahathir writes directly, in his own distinctive voice and style. The correspondents were transparent, solid, informative, and sometimes robust.

Author : B. Wain
Publisher : Springer
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230251236

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Malaysian Maverick by B. Wain Pdf

Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing world's most successful economies. He adopted pragmatic economic policies alongside repressive political measures and showed that Islam was compatible with representative government and modernization. He emerged as a Third World champion and Islamic spokesman by standing up to the West.

Author : Sven Schottmann
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824876470

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Mahathir’s Islam by Sven Schottmann Pdf

Mahathir Mohamad’s legacy as Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister (1981–2003) is deeply controversial. His engagement with Islam, the religion of just over half Malaysia’s population, has often been dismissed as partisan maneuvering. Yet his willingness to countenance a more prominent place for Islam in government and society is what distinguished him from other modernist politicians, and his instinct to set Malaysian politics against the backdrop of the wider Muslim world was politically astute. Author Sven Schottmann argues that Mahathir’s transformative effect on Malaysia can only be fully appreciated if we also take him seriously as one of the postcolonial Muslim world’s most significant political thought leaders. Schottmann sees Mahathir’s representations of Islam as a relatively coherent discourse that can legitimately be described as “Mahathir’s Islam.” This discourse contains Mahathir’s assessment of the economic, political, and sociocultural problems facing the contemporary Muslim world and the range of solutions and corrective measures that he proposed Muslims should adopt. His ideas are fraught with flaws and contradictions. On the one hand, he emphasized the individualistic, egalitarian, pluralistic, democratic, and dynamic qualities of Islam. On the other, his government enacted legislation and acquiesced in the activities of religious bodies that curtailed religious freedoms of both Muslims and non-Muslims. His ideas contributed to Malaysia’s worsening state of interethnic relations, yet his insistence that every Muslim had the right to speak for Islam may have, paradoxically, prepared the ground for a future democratization of Malaysian politics. Mahathir’s Islam is based on rigorous analysis of Mahathir’s speeches, interviews, and writings, which the author is able to link to parallel processes elsewhere in the Muslim world—Indonesia, the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey, and diaspora communities in the West. Mahathir’s Islamic discourse, Schottmann suggests, must be read against the wider late twentieth-century resurgence of religion in general, and the post-1970s Islamic revival in particular. Balanced in approach and engagingly written, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, religious studies, and others interested in Malaysia, Southeast Asia, or Mahathir himself.

Author : Boo Teik Khoo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Malaysia
ISBN : 9815011006

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The Unrealized Mahathir-Anwar Transitions by Boo Teik Khoo Pdf

The failure of two expected transitions of leadership from Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Anwar Ibrahim (in 1998 and 2020) are traceable beyond their personal entanglements to the social divides and political currents of their time. The unrealized transitions are symptomatic of UMNO's dynamic of 'dysfunctional succession'. Under Mahathir, the party split. Under Najib, it was defeated. The condition persists as the current prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, has not even appointed a deputy prime minister after being in power for fifteen months. The unrealized transitions were a setback for a 'reform agenda', which Anwar Ibrahim articulated, but which emerged from dissident movements for diverse reforms. These movements helped the multiethnic, socially inclusive, opposition to win the 14th General Election. They are only seemingly dormant because of the pandemic. The Pakatan Harapan regime had the best chance to supply a fresh vision, deeper social understanding, and commitment to reform. The present Perikatan Nasional regime's fixation on 'Malayness' overlooks twenty years of intense intra-Malay conflicts that began with the failure of the first transition. As the '7th Prime Minister', Mahathir had a rare chance to redeem himself from major errors of his first twenty-two-year tenure. He squandered his chance by not honouring the Pakatan Harapan transition plan. Anwar Ibrahim's opponents mock him for being obsessed with wanting to be prime minister. Yet they obsessively fear his becoming prime minister. Anwar may be twice loser in political succession but 'the spectre of Anwar' still haunts Malaysian political consciousness.

Author : Diane K. Mauzy,R. S. Milne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134695201

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Malaysian Politics Under Mahathir by Diane K. Mauzy,R. S. Milne Pdf

A hard-hitting and readable book which examines Mahathir's character, his ideas and policies and relates them to the social, economic and political setting inside Malaysia. Up until recently, high rates of economic growth and a striking reduction in poverty have been the hallmarks of this vibrant Tiger economy. Mahathir's success has now been placed in jeopardy by the recent economic crisis, and his rule is coming under hostile scrutiny. As one of the most controversial political figures in South-east Asia, Mahathir's success at managing ethnic tensions, policies of industrialization, modernization and foreign policy are explored, as are his grandiose projects, his human rights record and approach to corruption. Milne and Mauzy, leading authors in this field, assess Mahathir's rule within this context as well as the abrupt dismissal from office, arrest and trial of Anwar Ibrahim, Mahathir's deputy, in late 1998.

Author : Robert Hopkins Miller
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0896724913

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Vietnam and Beyond by Robert Hopkins Miller Pdf

"During the war Miller was a member of the mission to Saigon and to the Paris peace negotiations. As one involved in the events of those years, he provides us with fascinating and informative observations of such luminaries as Maxwell Taylor, Henry Cabot Lodge, Philip Habib, William Bundy, David Bruce, Robert Komer, and the South Vietnamese leadership and offers new insights into the conduct of diplomacy during the war.

Author : Professor James Chin,Professor Joern Dosch
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814677554

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MALAYSIA POST-MAHATHIR: A Decade of Change by Professor James Chin,Professor Joern Dosch Pdf

Author : Hajrudin Somun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Malaysia
ISBN : UOM:39015061504257

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Mahathir, the Secret of the Malaysian Success by Hajrudin Somun Pdf

Author : Mahathir bin Mohamad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Competition, International
ISBN : UCSD:31822032251928

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Globalisation and the New Realities by Mahathir bin Mohamad Pdf

Author : Kim Ezra Shienbaum,Jamal Hasan
Publisher : Academica Press,LLC
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781933146195

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Beyond Jihad by Kim Ezra Shienbaum,Jamal Hasan Pdf

This collection of non Western scholarly voices is a long awaited remedy to the lack of critical commentary by Muslim intellectuals on the nature of modern Jihadi terrorism and the political debate within Islam over the direction of resistance to modernization and secularization of traditional societies. The work is divided into three parts: 1) Understanding the Islamist Mind. 2) Understanding Islamism and Politics. 3) Beyond Jihad: Expanding the Circle of Sanity. Major figures such as Dr. Ali Sina, Sayeed M. Said and Syed Kamran Mirza contribute previously unpublished essays; indeed the work has virtually new essays from all contributors. With historical introductions by Dr Kim Sheinbaum and Jamal Hasan. Introduction is by terrorism expert Dr.Steven Emerson, author of American Jihad and the PBS documentary " Jihad in America". " A long needed discussion by superb scholars...recommended for research libraries. Professor P duQuenoy, American University in Cairo.

Author : Murray Hunter and Lim Teck Ghee
Publisher : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789672464570

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Towards GE15 and Beyond by Murray Hunter and Lim Teck Ghee Pdf

“[W]hen articles are written by astute commentators of the calibre of Hunter and Lim on the historical achievement of Malaysian voters rejecting BN after 61 years of unbroken, continuous rule, and the emergence of the nation’s first alternative governing coalition, they deserve to be collected in a handy publication. After all, they represent the first draft of history, and would serve as the first port of call for scholars in future decades researching the truly historic period of 2018-2021 when posterity beckoned.” Tommy Thomas Former attorney-general of Malaysia “As Malaysians anticipate GE15, we would do well to read these well-researched analyses by two of our best academics to avoid repeating the same follies of the past. With the two main political coalitions becoming interchangeable, Malaysia risks becoming a failed state if a progressive Third Force does not emerge soon to resolve the Malaysian dilemma.” Kua Kia Soong Socialist with Malaysian characteristics “It is common and even fashionable for Malaysians to lament on what’s wrong with the country, blame politicians and the system, and then sink into hopelessness and helplessness. Instead, we need to ask hard questions, examine possible options, decide on viable solutions and team up for collective action. This book by Hunter and Lim is an invitation for Malaysians to stare into the dark forces overshadowing Malaysia’s past, present and future and walk out of the woods of despair.” Wong Chin Huat Professor, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia