Sabah from the Ground : : The 2020 Elections and the Politics of Survival / / Benjamin Y H Loh, Bridget Welsh, Vilashini Somiah.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Welsh, Bridget,; Loh, Benjamin Y H,; Somiah, Vilashini,
• MitwirkendeR: Abd Jalil, Aslam,; Alin, James,; Arriffin Samad, Johan,; Dino, Nelson,; Ei Sun, Oh,; Giluk Dompok, Bernard,; Golingai, Philip,; Jian Ho, Yi,; Joeman, Beverly,; Malasius, Marcilla,; Marzuki, Mahirah,; Mozihim, Auzellea Kristin,; Paridi Bagang, Tony,; Puyok, Arnold,; Rahimin Mustafa, Mohd,; Roslan, Fiqah,; Said Keruak, Salleh,; Sharafi, Asraf,; Somiah, Vilashini,; Tangit, Trixie,; Tsu Chong, Chan,; Welsh, Bridget,; Yan Yi, Amanda Yeo,; Yh Loh, Benjamin,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)

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. Traditional explanations prioritize the federal-state relationship in shaping Sabah politics. This collection challenges this paradigm, suggesting that politics in Sabah should be better understood as a reflection of conditions within Sabah—as Sabahans struggle to navigate and survive on Malaysia's periphery.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword 1 A Defining Role for a New Malaysia Forgone? -- Foreword 2 Learning from Sabah -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Sabah Goes to the Polls -- Part 1 Context -- Chapter 1 Warisan Plus in Government: A Retrospective from the Campaign and Beyond -- Chapter 2 The 1963 Malaysia Agreement: Pakatan’s Failed Restoration and Perikatan’s Fledgling Initiatives -- Chapter 3 The Unemployment Problem during the Warisan Plus Administration -- Chapter 4 Voices of Civil Society Organisations in Sabah Politics -- Part 2 Narratives -- Chapter 5 Incessant Political Narratives: Perilous Migrants and the Treacherous East -- Chapter 6 Sabah’s Youth Talk Politics: Ethnic Identity, Illegal Migrants & Religious Freedom -- Part 3 Campaigning -- Chapter 7 Key Players in Sabah’s ‘Keroyok’ Politics -- Chapter 8 ‘Don’t Jump, Time to Work’: The Political Maturity of Sabahan Digital Spaces Through the 2020 State Election -- Chapter 9 Sabah Style amidst Uncertainty: Campaigning in the 2020 Sabah State Polls -- Chapter 10 Undi Sabah: Igniting Youth Participation in Sabah’s Democracy -- Part 4 Results -- Chapter 11 A Holistic Society-Centred Analysis of the Sabah Election 2020 Results: Voters, Voting and Trajectories of Survival and Change -- Chapter 12 Chinese Sabahans in the 2020 Sabah State Election -- Chapter 13 Kadazan-Dusun Politics: The Persistence of Personality Politics, Patronage and Ethnonationalism -- Chapter 14 Islam and Muslim Politics in Sabah’s 2020 State Election -- Conclusion Sabah’s Covid-19 Election Aftermath: Beyond New (and Old) Political Alignments -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors