Illusions of Democracy : : Malaysian Politics and People / / ed. by Sophie Lemière.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Allès, Delphine,; Arosoaie, Aida,; Chin, James,; Chinyong Liow, Joseph,; Ganti Shaari, Mohd Nazim,; Hoffstaedter, Gerhard,; Kuga Thas, Angela M.,; Lemière, Sophie,; Müller, Dominik M.,; Nawab Osman, Mohamed,; Perrodin, Louise,; Ross, Lawrence,; Sloane-White, Patricia,; Steiner, Kerstin,; Tayeb, Azmil,; Uras, Alessandro,; Wei Lit, Yew,; Whiting, Amanda,; Yeoh, Tricia,
• HerausgeberIn: Lemière, Sophie,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.) :; 9 halftones, 16 line drawings

Bringing together a group of both international and Malaysian scholars, this book offers an up-to-date and broad analysis of the contemporary state of Malaysian politics and society. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, it offers a look at Malaysian politics not only through the lens of political s...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One: The (Mis-)Rules of Ethno-Politics
• Chapter 1. Demi Agama, Bangsa dan Negara: Silat Martial Arts and the 'Third Line' in Defence of Religion, Race, and the Malaysian State
• Chapter 2. The Real World? Fabricating Legitimacy in a Semi-Authoritarian State
• Chapter 3. Malaysia's Constitutional Identity: A Chimera?
• Chapter 4. Rebooting the Emergency: Najib's Law 'Reform' and the Normalisation of Crisis
• Chapter 5. Federalism in Serambi Mekah: Management of Islamic Education in Kelantan
• Part Two: The Local Scene and the International Game
• Chapter 6. Malaysian Politics and the South China Sea Dilemma
• Chapter 7. The Construction of Malaysia's Foreign Policy since 1957: An Emerging Middle Power's Choice to Follow, Challenge or Compromise with the Global Order
• Chapter 8. Ummah Revisited: Anti-Shia Hatred in Malaysia since the Outbreak of the Syrian Civil War
• Chapter 9. The Violent Trajectory of Islamisation in Malaysia
• Part Three: The Voices of the 'Others'
• Chapter 10. Life in Limbo: Refugees in Malaysia
• Chapter 11. 'Malay Muslim First': The Politics of Bumiputeraism in East Malaysia
• Chapter 12. Troubling Malaysia's Islamic State Identity: The 'Young' Struggle of LGBTQ's Narratives and the Art of Mis-Representation
• Part Four: The (Mis-)Management of Resources
• Chapter 13. Economics, Politics and the Law in Malaysia: A Case Study of the 1MDB Scandal
• Chapter 14. Collecting, Resisting, and Paying Corporatised Zakat in Contemporary Malaysia
• Chapter 15. Malaysia's Green Movement: Old Continuities and New Possibilities
• Chapter 16. Responsible Resource Management of the Oil and Gas Sector in Malaysia: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
• Afterword
• List of Contributors
• Index