Towards A New Malaysia

Author : Meredith Leigh Weiss,Mohd. Faisal Syam Abdol Hazis
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9813251131

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Towards a New Malaysia? by Meredith Leigh Weiss,Mohd. Faisal Syam Abdol Hazis Pdf

Malaysia's 2018 election (GE14) brought down a ruling party in power since independence in 1957. This book tells the full story of this historic election, combining a sharp analysis of the voting data with consideration of the key issues, campaign strategies, and mobilization efforts that played out during the election period in April and May 2018. This analysis is then used to bring fresh perspectives to bear on the core debates about Malaysian political ideas, identities and behaviours, debates that continue to shape the country's destiny. However optimistic many Malaysians may be for the possibility of a more representative, accountable, participatory, and equitable polity, the authors do not see GE14 as a clear harbinger of full-on liberalization in Malaysia. While the political aftermath of the election continues to play out, the authors provide a clarion call for deeper, more critical, more comparative research on Malaysia's politics. They complicate well-known angles on and elevate too-little-studied dimensions of Malaysian politics, and suggest agendas for empirically interesting, theoretically relevant further research. They also point to the broader insights Malaysia's experience provides for the study of elections and political change in one-party dominant states around the world.

Author : Saifuddin Abdullah
Publisher : ITBM
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9789830683287

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New Politics by Saifuddin Abdullah Pdf

Author : In-Won Hwang
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789812301864

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Personalized Politics by In-Won Hwang Pdf

This book is an innovative analysis of regime maintenance and transformation in Malaysia. It goes beyond familiar approaches centred on communal politics, or the corporate workings of Malaysia Inc., to stress the importance of power maintenance -- tracing a path from consociational bargaining, to authoritarian UMNO dominance, to Dr Mahathir's personal dominance.

Author : Khoo Ying Hooi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793642141

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The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia by Khoo Ying Hooi Pdf

Beginning in 2005 as a small electoral reform initiative, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, known as Bersih, became the most prominent social movement in Malaysia. Based on participant observation approach and first-hand interviews with key actors, this book examines how Bersih became a movement that aggregated the collective grievance of Malaysians and brought Malaysian sociopolitical activism to a new level. This book makes a major contribution to the scholarly work on social movement theories in the Southeast Asian context and to the growing literature on social movements and democratization.

Author : Martin Guzman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231546805

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Toward a Just Society by Martin Guzman Pdf

Joseph Stiglitz is one of the world’s greatest economists. He has made fundamental contributions to economic theory in areas such as inequality, the implications of imperfect and asymmetric information, and competition, and he has been a major figure in policy making, a leading public intellectual, and a remarkably influential teacher and mentor. This collection of essays influenced by Stiglitz’s work celebrates his career as a scholar and teacher and his aspiration to put economic knowledge in the service of creating a fairer world. Toward a Just Society brings together a range of essays whose breadth reflects how Stiglitz has shaped modern economics. The contributions to this volume, all penned by high-profile authors who have been guided by or collaborated with Stiglitz over the last five decades, span microeconomics, macroeconomics, inequality, development, law and economics, and public policy. Touching on many of the central debates and discoveries of the field and providing insights on the directions that academic economics could take in the future, Toward a Just Society is an extraordinary celebration of the many paths Stiglitz has opened for economics, politics, and public life.

Author : Joseph Stiglitz,Bruce Greenwald,Bruce C. N. Greenwald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521008050

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Towards a New Paradigm in Monetary Economics by Joseph Stiglitz,Bruce Greenwald,Bruce C. N. Greenwald Pdf

A pioneer treatment of monetary economics written by two of world's leading authorities.

Author : Ooi Kee Beng
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789814881456

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As Empires Fell by Ooi Kee Beng Pdf

To understand how independence was gained for a politically complex country such as Malaysia, and how its structure took form requires familiarity with the key players involved. More importantly, only by locating these actors within the changing socio-political context in which they specifically lived does their influence both before and after the birth of the country become clear. Having written potent biographies about Malaysian and Singapore leaders such as Ismail Abdul Rahman, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia who died in 1973, Goh Keng Swee, the economic architect and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Singapore, and Lim Kit Siang, the unwavering opposition leader of Malaysia, Ooi Kee Beng now tells the story of Lee Hau-Shik, based on the latter’s extensive private papers housed at ISEAS Library, Singapore. Born in Hong Kong to a highly prominent family at a time when the Qing Dynasty was falling, Hau-Shik received degrees in Law and Economics in Cambridge and became a successful tin miner in British Malaya and an influential member of Kuala Lumpur’s colonial society. After the Second World War, his influence in elite circles in China, Britain and Malaya allowed him to play a key role in the gaining of independence for Malaysia. He was one of the founders of the Malayan Chinese Association, and served as the country’s first Minister of Finance. "Ooi Kee Beng’s new book on H.S. Lee provides a remarkable picture of an “unlikely politician” who made major contributions to the formation of the early Malayan state. It adds another dimension of study to the formidable task of nation building in a multi-communal society and is an excellent follow-up to his widely praised study of Tun Ismail as the 'reluctant politician'." -- Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore "Set against the global turbulence that marks the birth of modern Malaysia, Ooi Kee Beng has given us a compelling account of Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik’s personal life and political career, his role in the move to independence and the indelible imprint he left on the country’s history. In highlighting and contextualizing H.S. Lee’s own papers, As Empires Fell should be read by all those interested in how Malaysia came to be." -- Barbara Watson Andaya, University of Hawai‘i

Author : Sophie Lemière
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789048542666

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Illusions of Democracy by Sophie Lemière Pdf

Bringing together a group of both international and Malaysian scholars, this book offers an up-to-date and broad analysis of the contemporary state of Malaysian politics and society. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, it offers a look at Malaysian politics not only through the lens of political science but also anthropology, cultural studies, international relations, political economy and legal studies touching on both overlooked topics in Malaysian political life as well as the emerging trends which will shape Malaysia's future. Covering silat martial arts, Malaysia's constitutional identity, emergency legislation, the South China Sea dilemma, ISIS discourse, zakat payment, the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and Malaysia's green movement, Illusions of Democracy charts the complex and multi-faceted nature of political life in a semi-authoritarian state, breaking down the illusions which keep it functioning, to uncover the mechanisms which really underlie the paradoxical longevity of Malaysia's political, economic and social system.

Author : Mikio Oishi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811000423

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Contemporary Conflicts in Southeast Asia by Mikio Oishi Pdf

This book looks at major contemporary conflicts —intra and interstate— in Southeast Asia from a conflict management perspective. Starting with the view that the conventional ASEAN conflict-management methods have ceased to be effective, it looks for new conflict-management patterns and trends by investigating seven contemporary cases of conflict in the region. Focusing on the incompatibilities involved in each case and examining how they have been managed—whether by integration, co-existence, elimination or maneuvering around the conflict—the book sheds new light on the significance of managing conflict in achieving and maintaining the stability of the Southeast Asian region. It makes a significant theoretical contribution to the field of peace and conflict studies by proposing the concept of “mediation regime” as the key to understanding current conflict management within ASEAN.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264801547

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OECD Economic Surveys: Malaysia 2021 by OECD Pdf

Like many other countries, Malaysia was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic starting in early 2020. Its past policy prudence has allowed Malaysia to react swiftly and boldly to the public health and economic crisis.

Author : Coad, L.,Fa, J.E.,Abernethy, K.,Van Vliet, N.,Santamaria, C.,Wilkie, D.,El Bizri, H.R.,Ingram, D.J.,Cawthorn, D-M.,Nasi, R.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023870837

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Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector by Coad, L.,Fa, J.E.,Abernethy, K.,Van Vliet, N.,Santamaria, C.,Wilkie, D.,El Bizri, H.R.,Ingram, D.J.,Cawthorn, D-M.,Nasi, R. Pdf

The meat of wild species, referred to in this report as ‘wild meat’, is an essential source of protein and a generator of income for millions of forest-living communities in tropical and subtropical regions. However, unsustainable harvest rates currently

Author : Mahyuddin Ramli, Hugh Byrd.
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789838616935

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Towards a Sustainable Built Environment in Malaysia by Mahyuddin Ramli, Hugh Byrd. Pdf

Cities have a metabolism that requires energy, food, materials and water to be supplied and waste products to be removed. If cities are to remain the engines of economic growth they also require an input of knowledge as well as commodities. This fuels innovation and the skills that lead to economic success. With economic success comes the input of people and investment that require new buildings and the conservation of existing buildings. This, in turn, requires an input of both building materials and the knowledge of manufacturing and assembling them efficiently and effectively. This book reviews these aspects of development from an academic point of view and covers a wide area of professional expertise including planning, tourism, architecture, structural engineering, project management, air and water quality, conservation, landscape design, waste management and many other issues that impact on urbanism in Malaysia.

Author : Ran Hirschl
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674038673

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Towards Juristocracy by Ran Hirschl Pdf

In countries and supranational entities around the globe, constitutional reform has transferred an unprecedented amount of power from representative institutions to judiciaries. The constitutionalization of rights and the establishment of judicial review are widely believed to have benevolent and progressive origins, and significant redistributive, power-diffusing consequences. Ran Hirschl challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing upon a comprehensive comparative inquiry into the political origins and legal consequences of the recent constitutional revolutions in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa, Hirschl shows that the trend toward constitutionalization is hardly driven by politicians' genuine commitment to democracy, social justice, or universal rights. Rather, it is best understood as the product of a strategic interplay among hegemonic yet threatened political elites, influential economic stakeholders, and judicial leaders. This self-interested coalition of legal innovators determines the timing, extent, and nature of constitutional reforms. Hirschl demonstrates that whereas judicial empowerment through constitutionalization has a limited impact on advancing progressive notions of distributive justice, it has a transformative effect on political discourse. The global trend toward juristocracy, Hirschl argues, is part of a broader process whereby political and economic elites, while they profess support for democracy and sustained development, attempt to insulate policymaking from the vicissitudes of democratic politics.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980-06-02
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 9780671834395

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Towards Zero by Agatha Christie Pdf

"I like a good detective story, but they begin in the wrong place! They begin with the murder. But the murder is the end. The story begins long before that." So remarks esteemed criminologist Mr. Treves. Truer words have never been spoken, for a psychopathic killer has insinuated himself , with cunning manipulation, into a quiet village on the river Tern. But who is his intended victim? What are his unfathomable motives? And how and when will he reach the point of murder...the zero point? In the ingenious and noteworthy departure for Agatha Christie, it's the intricate workings of a pathological mind that becomes the stuff of startling mystery as group of friends at a seaside resort remain blithely unaware that their weekend will be the death of them all...

Author : Sophie Lemière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 9672165587

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Minorities Matter by Sophie Lemière Pdf