Politics in Malaysia: The Malay Dimension

ISBN-13: 9780415544252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 170 str.

Terence Gomez Edmund

Opis

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Edmund Terence Gomez is Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). He also holds the post of Associate Professor at the Department of Administrative Studies & Politics, Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.