Date: 2014
Type: Book
Misplaced democracy : Malaysian politics and people
LEMIERE, Sophie
(editor/s)

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre Malaysia, 2014
LEMIERE, Sophie (editor/s), LEMIERE, Sophie, Misplaced democracy : Malaysian politics and people, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre Malaysia, 2014
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/45884
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
Misplaced Democracy: Malaysian Politics and People is the fruit of a three-year collaboration between academics who have chosen Malaysia as their specialty. Defined by its inter-disciplinarity and covering the fields of urban studies, political economy, international relations, political sociology and anthropology, film studies, literature, law and strategic studies, Misplaced Democracy is a path-breaking analysis of Malaysian politics and society during a period of contestation in which many Malaysians seek to re-orient the flow of history which has been going in favour of the ruling party since the country's independence. What is at stake here is the nature of Malaysian democracy itself. Covering topics as diverse as Syariah family law, muslim student activism, connivance militancy, maritime piracy and ownership of Malaysia's corporate sector, Misplaced Democracy seeks to untangle the complexities of contemporary Malaysian politics and society and, through original and unique analyses, tries to unveil the many realities of an emerging democracy embedded in authoritarian practices and rules, describe its ambiguities and its strengths, and contribute to the reinvention of Malaysia.
Table of Contents:
-- Foreword by Clive Kessler vii
-- Introduction by Sophie Lemière xvii
-- Part One: The Making of Malaysia
-- Chapter 1 The Origins and Evolution of Ethnocracy in Malaysia 3, Geoffrey Wade
-- Chapter 2 The Construction of Malaysia’s Foreign Policy since 1957 27, Delphine Allès
-- Chapter 3 The Imports and Travel of Urban Malaysia 51, Tim Bunnell
-- Chapter 4 The Pirate Issue: Contemporary Malaysia Challenged in its Maritime Manoeuvres 67, Eric Frécon
-- Part Two: (Re-)Inventing Political Identities
-- Chapter 5 Gangsta and Politics in Malaysia 91, Sophie Lemière
-- Chapter 6 Second-class Bumiputera? The Taming of the Dayak and Kadazandusun of East Malaysia 109, James Chin
-- Chapter 7 Muslim Student Activism in Malaysia: A Case Study of GAMIS 129, Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman
-- Chapter 8 The Politics of Reformasi: Independent Filmmakers Re-imagine Citizenship in Malaysian Gods and Project 15Malaysia 151, Khoo Gaik Cheng
-- Part Three: The Contested Rules of an Authoritarian Game
-- Chapter 9 Women, Family and Syariah in Malaysia 175, Maznah Mohamad
-- Chapter 10 The Illusion of Rights: Barriers to Justice for Noncitizens in Malaysia 193, Alice M. Nah
-- Chapter 11 Environmental Justice in Malaysia: Obstacles and Possibilities 209, Azmi Sharom
-- Chapter 12 Malaysian Literature: An Exercise in Creative Limitations 221, Andrew Ng Hock Soon
-- Part Four: The Eye of the Malaysian Tiger
-- Chapter 13 Malaysia’s Political Economy: Ownership and Control of the Corporate Sector 245, Edmund Terence Gomez
-- Chapter 14 Responsible Resource Management of the Oil and Gas Sector: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities 283, Tricia Yeoh
-- Chapter 15 FELDA and the Manipulation of Land Policy in Malaysia 313, Claire Lhériteau
-- Contributors 333
-- Index 337
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/45884
ISBN: 9789670630175
Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
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