Sabah from the Ground : : The 2020 Elections and the Politics of Survival.

• Author: Welsh, Bridget.
• TeilnehmendeR: Somiah, Vilashini.; Loh, Benjamin Y. H.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)

Sabah's 2020 election was Malaysia's pandemic election. While attention has centred on the impact the election had on the increase of COVID-19, this collection brings together scholars, journalists and social scientists who were on the ground on Sabah to analyse what happened, why, and the broader implications of the outcome for Sabah and Malaysian politics. The book is the first in-depth study of a Sabah election. It is multidisciplinary, with authors from different perspectives, and the majority of the authors are from Sabah.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Bernard Giluk Dompok -- Foreword by Salleh Said Keruak -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sabah Goes to the Polls by Bridget Welsh, Benjamin Y.H. Loh and Vilashini Somiah -- PART 1: CONTEXT -- Chapter 1. Warisan Plus in Government: A Retrospective from the Campaign and Beyond by Chan Tsu Chong -- Chapter 2. The 1963 Malaysia Agreement: Pakatan's Failed Restoration and Perikatan's Fledgling Initiatives by Johan Arriffin Samad -- Chapter 3. The Unemployment Problem during the Warisan Plus Administration by James Alin and Marcilla Malasius -- Chapter 4. Voices of Civil Society Organisations in Sabah Politics by Beverly Joeman, Nelson Dino and Asraf Sharafi -- PART 2: NARRATIVES -- Chapter 5. Incessant Political Narratives: Perilous Migrants and the Treacherous East by Vilashini Somiah and Aslam Abd Jalil -- Chapter 6. Sabah's Youth Talk Politics: Ethnic Identity, Illegal Migrants &amp -- Religious Freedom by Trixie Tangit -- PART 3: CAMPAIGNING -- Chapter 7. Key Players in Sabah's 'Keroyok' Politics by Philip Golingai -- Chapter 8. 'Don't Jump, Time to Work': The Political Maturity of Sabahan Digital Spaces through the 2020 State Election by Benjamin Y.H. Loh and Yi Jian Ho -- Chapter 9. Sabah Style amidst Uncertainty: Campaigning in the 2020 Sabah State Polls by Bridget Welsh -- Chapter 10. Undi Sabah: Igniting Youth Participation in Sabah's Democracy by Mahirah Marzuki, Auzellea Kristin Mozihim and Fiqah Roslan -- PART 4: RESULTS -- Chapter 11. A Holistic Society-Centred Analysis of the Sabah Election 2020 Results: Voters, Voting and Trajectories of Survival and Change by Bridget Welsh -- Chapter 12. Chinese Sabahans in the 2020 Sabah State Election by Oh Ei Sun and Amanda Yeo Yan Yin.

Chapter 13. Kadazan-Dusun Politics: The Persistence of Personality Politics, Patronage and Ethnonationalism by Tony Paridi Bagang and Arnold Puyok -- Chapter 14. Islam and Muslim Politics in Sabah's 2020 State Election by Mohd Rahimin Mustafa -- Conclusion: Sabah's Covid-19 Election Aftermath: Beyond New (and Old) Political Alignments by Bridget Welsh, Benjamin Y.H. Loh and Vilashini Somiah -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors.