There is a widespread presumption that Islamists have an advantage over their opponents
when it comes to generating mass appeal and winning elections. The question remains …

Political scientists tend to draw a sharp distinction between personalized and
institutionalized patterns of rule and to assume that personalization indicates low levels of …

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 …

From internal oppression in Burma to interstate conflict in the South China Sea, the people
of Southeast Asia face a range of threats. This book identifies and explains the security …

This book is the first monograph to provide an in-depth and multifaceted study of the
processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period …

Malaysia's twelfth general elections, held on March 8, 2008, dealt a stunning blow to the
incumbent Barisan Nasional regime. For the first time since 1969, the coalition did not …

This book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a
hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea …

This book provides an overview of the current state of Malaysia, looking at political and
economic developments and at governance, and discussing the impact of ethnicity …

The Politics of Corruption in Dictatorships studies how institutional and social factors
influence corruption in dictatorships. Dictatorships are often synonymous with high levels of …

While “new media” have substantially altered the landscape for information dissemination
and social mobilisation, these media are neither all alike in their ideological leanings or …