Politics in Malaysia [ the Malay dimension

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gomez, Edmund Terence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London;New York : Routledge , c2007
Series:Routledge Malaysian studies series 5
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Legal coercion, legal meanings and UMNO's legitimacy
  • 2. Globalisation, state and G/local human rights actors: contestations between institutions and civil society
  • 3. Gender discourse in Malay politics: old wine in new bottle?
  • 4. PAS politics: defining an Islamic state
  • 5. Voting for change? : Islam and personalised politics in the 2004 general elections