The 1997 Asian currency “crisis” affected Malaysians in profound ways and complicated
dominant nation and modernity narratives centered on economic growth and development …

This dissertation explores how a coalition for political reform may be forged in a regime like
Malaysia's that combines democratic institutions with authoritarian constraints. I conclude …

It is not the poverty of signifieds but, on the contrary, polysemy that disarticulates a discursive
structure. That is what establishes the overdetermined, symbolic dimension of social identity …

At first glance, the year 1998 appears to be another landmark in Malaysian history. Anwar
Ibrahim was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister on 2 September, and this engendered street …

Most casual observers would point to the leadership change of late 2003 as the most
significant political transition experienced in Malaysia for more than 20 years. Dr Mahathir …

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 …

This thesis examines the relationship between civil society, social movements and the state
in ethnically-divided countries, using the case study of Malaysia. The argument begins with …

Economic crisis sparked political mobilization in both Malaysia and Indonesia in the late
1990s, but with very different results. Reformism in competitive electoral authoritarian …

Protest and Possibilities explores the pursuit of political reform in Malaysia, an illiberal
democracy, and contrasts coalition-building and reform processes there with those of …

Malaysia's impact on World Politics Exceeds the usual level of inf luence expected of a small
state in an international system. It has exercised a leadership role in the Commonwealth, the …