Transformation In Malaysia Research Articles

The Transformation in Malaysia’s 12th General Election: The End of National Front Hegemony

The ruling party Barisan Nasional (National Front) inherited the trust and tradition initiated by the Alliance Party that achieved the Malayan Independence. The Alliance first test was the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council's election in 1952 where they won convincingly 12 out of 14 seats. The support continued in the 1955 General Election, where they won 51 out of 52 seats contested. Nevertheless in the 1969 election, the Alliance has experienced a major loss when they failed to get the two-third majority and even lost several state governments to the opposition. This party later changed its name into National Front in 1972 and simultaneously expanded their components into a bigger coalition party. It has become a unique political formula in Malaysian politics to reduce politicking and keeping the divided ethnicized parties together. The National Front kept on winning in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999 and 2004 elections handsomely. The dominance of National Front in most General Elections proved that its strength cannot be challenged easily. The supremacy however, started to deteriorate in the 2008 recent General Election when the two-third usual majority was suddenly denied. The ability of the opposition to deny National Front its majority has put the National Front into a very difficult position. Using Gramscian concept of hegemony, this paper tries to elaborate how National Front has successfully maintained their power until suffering big loss in 2008.

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Australian Journal of Politics & HistoryVolume 38, Issue 3 p. 461-501 Book Reviews First published: December 1992 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.1992.tb00684.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Book reviewed in this article: AUSTRALASIA. IMAGES OF AUSTRALIA Edited by Gillian Whitlock and David Carter. AUSTRALIA COMPARED: People, Policies and Politics Edited by Francis G. Castles. MILLERS POINT: The Urban Village By Shirley Fitzgerald and Christopher Keating. AUSTRALIA'S COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT 1901–1988 By G. S. Reid and Martyn Forrest THE WAAAF IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA By Joyce A. Thomon. IMIN NANMIN ENJO NO SEIJIGAKU: Oosutoraraia to kokusai shakai [POLITICS OF MIGRATION, REFUGEES, AND FOREIGH AID: Australia and International Society] Isami Takeda. HAWKE AND PUBLIC POLICY: Consensus and restructuring Edited by Christine Jennett and Randal G. Stewart. HAWKE'S LAW: The Politics of Mining and Aboriginal Land Rights in Australia By Ronald T. Libby. ABORIGINES AND POLITICAL POWER By Scott Bennett. SON OF ALYANDABU By Joe McGinness. THE PRICE OF HEALTH: Australian Governments and Medical Politics 1910–1960 By James A. Gillespie. HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA Edited by A. J. Proust. WORKING FOR CHANGE: The Movement Against Domestic Violence By Heather McGregor and Andrew Hopkins. WORKING AUSTRALIA By Charlie Fox. GAY PERSPECTIVES; ESSAYS IN AUSTRALIAN GAY CULTURE Edited by Robert Aldrich and Gamy Wotherspoon. THE NERVOUS NINETIES: Australian Cultural Life in 1890s By John Docker. THE 1990 GENERAL ELECTION: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand Edited by E. McLeay. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The Challenge of Independence By Mark Turner. PAPUA NEW GUINEA By Sean Dorney. EUROPE. THE EUROPEAN DYNASTIC STATES 1494–1660: The Short Oxford History of the Modern World Series By Richard Bonney. THE MAKING OF MODERN FRANCE: Politics, Ideology and Culture By Emmanuel Todd. THE FRENCH HISTORICAL REVOLUTION: The Annals School, 1929-89 By Peter Burke. THE REVENGE OF HISTORY: Marxism and the East European Revolutions Alex Callinicos. EUROPE FROM BELOW: An East-West Dialogue Edited by Mary Kaldor. GORBACHEV Zhores Medvedev. FROM PADUA TO THE TRIANON; 1918–1920 By Maria Ormos. NORTH AMERICA. AMERICA RECOMMITTED: United States national Interests in a Restructured World By Donald E. Nuechterlein. AGENTS OF REPRESSION: The FBI's Secret War Against the Black Panther Party and he American Indian Movement By Ward Churchill and Jim VanderWall LIBERTY & COMMUNITY: Canadian Federalism and the Failure of the Constitution By Robert C. Vipond. ASIA. DIPLOMATIC IDEAS AND PRACTICES OF ASIAN STATES Edited by Ashok Kapur. WOMEN IN INDIA AND NEPAL Edited by Michael Alien and S. N. Mukherjee. THE SIKHS: History, Religion and Society By W. H. McLeod. THE COMMONWEALTH ARMIES AND THE KOREAN WAR; An Alliance Study By Jeffery Grey. BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ININDUSTRIALISING EAST ASIA: South Korea and Thailand By Andrew Maclntyre. CROSSING THE INDUSTRIAL DIVIDE: State, Society and the Poitics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia By Alasdair Bowie. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Global and Australian Perspectives on an Evolving Discipline Edited by Richard Higgott and J. L. Richardson. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN POLITICAL THEORY By Howard Williams. GERMANY, AMERICA, EUROPE: Forty years of German Foreign Policy By Wolfram Hawieder. SECURITY AND DEFENCE: Pacific and Global Perspectives Edited by Desmond Ball Md Cathy Downes. AID AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC By Peter Bauer, Savenuca Siwatibau and Wolfgang Kasper. FRANCE AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A Contemporary History By Stephen Henningham. POLITICS AND IDEAS. NEW HORIZONS IN POLITICS: Essays with an Australian Focus Edited by Hugh V. Emy and Andrew Linklater. JIDICIAL ACTIVISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Edited by Kenneth M. Holland. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS COMES OF AGE By Gerald E. Caiden. THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MONTAIGNE By David Lewis Schaefer. THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF FRIEDRICH ENGELS: A Reinterpretation By J. D. Hunley. THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POLITICAL THOUGHT Edited by David Miller. THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Edited by Vernon Bogdunor. Social science methodology: a Brief But Critical Introduction By Frank Lewins. Volume38, Issue3December 1992Pages 461-501 RelatedInformation

A2. MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD, ADDRESS TO THE TENTH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE, PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA, 16 OCTOBER 2003 (EXCERPTS).

The prime minister's lengthy speech, clearly intended as his farewell address before retiring after twenty-three years in power, is a stinging indictment of the disarray, division, and irrationality of today's Muslim countries and their inability to close ranks ““if not on all issues, at least on some major ones, such as Palestine.”” Sharply criticized in the West for its perceived anti-Semitism (see paragraphs 32, 34, 39, 42, 51––53), the address was widely disseminated in the Islamic world where its critique of current Muslim ““backwardness”” (for which distortions of Islam and the Prophet's teachings by the Muslims themselves are held responsible) had all the more resonance in that it came from the much respected Mahathir bin Mohamad. Indeed, the Malaysian leader, who presided over the modernization of his multiethnic, multisectarian country, is credited with Malaysia's transformation into one of the most prosperous in Asia and a unique success story in the Islamic world. The standing ovation given by the fifty-six heads of state present could be seen to underscore the extent to which his analysis reflects Muslim feelings world-wide. The full transcript is posted on the OIC Web site at www.bernama.com.

Creating space in the global economy: Building a high tech dream in Malaysia

The globalisation of innovation has become a major issue in the discourses of economic development. There is a view that unfettered market forces will promote greater and better developmental outcomes and for this to happen, the state must play a minimalist role. There is the other view that argues that the state can play 'catalytic' roles and mediate the forces of globalisation to engender outcomes congruent to its aspirations. In this paper, we look at the experiences of one Asian state, Malaysia. The paper will examine the historical evolution of technology policies in Malaysia. It argues that the Malaysian state has been an active change agent and has sought to realise its vision of becoming a democratic, modern and 'developed society' via its latest technology flagship, the Multimedia Supercorridor (MSC). The paper argues that, despite its resoluteness and investment in the project, the Malaysian state is unlikely to succeed in producing its high tech utopia. Rooted in a highly technocratic and managerial context, the Malaysian vision fails to account for the prevailing institutional forces impacting on, and impeding transformation in Malaysia.

Malaysian industrial relations at century's turn: Vision 2020 or a spectre of the past?

Malaysia's industrial relations (IR) has been characterized by extensive state control guaranteeing a high level of managerial prerogative within the workplace, minimal overt conflict and very little bargaining power for labour. These arrangements were an integral component of the package to attract investors when Malaysia's industrialization strategy focused on low-cost, export-oriented industries. Since then, however, Malaysia has adopted the goal of developed country status by 2020 and embarked on a higher value-added, more capital-intensive industrialization strategy. This paper analyzes current Malaysian IR at the workplace level, posing the question as to whether the economic progress towards 'Vision 2020' is being accompanied by a transformation of Malaysia's IR. It will be seen that there is evidence of substantial growth in training, the implementation of multi-skilling in some workplaces as well as isolated instances of some 'lean production' practices. Fundamental change, however, is not occurring; workers remain excluded from the decision-making process both within and outside the workplace.

Book reviews and notices : RAYMOND L.M. LEE and SUSAN E. ACKERMAN, Sacred tensions: Modernity and religious transformation in Malaysia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xi + 172 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. (Hardback)

Book reviews and notices : RAYMOND L.M. LEE and SUSAN E. ACKERMAN, Sacred tensions: Modernity and religious transformation in Malaysia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xi + 172 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. (Hardback)

Sacred Tensions: Modernity and Religious Transformation in Malaysia

This text examines the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity in Malaysia. Its analyses provide an insight into how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world.

Views From Above and Below: The Petronas Twin Towers and/in Contesting Visions of Development in Contemporary Malaysia

Large‐scale urban transformation in Malaysia is the most visible sign of the rapid development which has accompanied the premiership of the current Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. The national capital, Kuala Lumpur, has seen the development of a new city centre (Kuala Lumpur City Centre, KLCC) which includes the world’s tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers. Using techniques from cultural geography, this paper provides a “reading” of the building. The paper first considers the symbolic role of the Petronas Towers in realising a state vision of national development, the so‐called Vision 2020. The building is seen to both image Malaysia as a “world class” national player (and Kuala Lumpur as a “world city”) as well as to promote new “ways of seeing” among national citizens. However, the paper also considers ways in which intended symbolic meanings are contested and the would‐be hegemonic state vision reworked “from below” through everyday experiences of life in the city and the nation.

Sacred Tensions: Modernity and Religious Transformation in Malaysia

This text examines the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity in Malaysia. Its analyses provide an insight into how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world.

Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. Alasdair Bowie

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Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. By Alasdair Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xvi, 222 pp. $40.00.

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Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. By Alasdair Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xvi, 222 pp. $40.00.

Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. By Alasdair Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xvi, 222 pp. $40.00. - Volume 52 Issue 1

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Development and ChangeVolume 23, Issue 4 p. 165-199 Book Reviews First published: October 1992 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1992.tb00473.xCitations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Book reviewed in this article: A.L. Somjee, Development Theory: Critiques and Explorations. R.M. Sundrum, Economic Growth In Theory and Practice. Phyllis Deane, The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy. Michael Upton with Richard Longburst, New Seeds and Poor People. Inderjit Singh, The Great Ascent. The Rural Poor In South Asia. Robert S. Anderson, Edwin Levy and Barrie M. Morrison, Rice Science and Development Politics: Research Strategies and IRRTs Technologies Confront Asian Diversity (1950–1980) Henry Bernstein, Ben Crow, Maureen Mackintosh and Charlotte Martin (eds), The Food Question: Profits versus People? Martin Doornbos, Frank van Dorsten, Manoshi Mitra and Piet Terhal, Dairy Aid and Development. India's Operation Flood. Martin Doornbos and K.N. Nair (eds), Resources, Institutions and Strategies. Operation Flood and Indian Dairying. Mohammad Javad Amid, Agriculture, Poverty and Reform In Iran. Jos G.M. Hilhorst, Regional Studies and Rural Development. P. de Valk and K.H. Wekwete (eds), Decentralizing for Participatory Planning? Jonathan Baker (ed.), Small Town Africa. Studies In Rural-Urban Interaction. M. Jide Balogun and Gelase Mutahaba (eds), Economic Restructuring and African Public Administration: Issues, Actions and Future Choices. Gordon P. Means, Malaysian Politics. The Second Generation. Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide. State, Society and the Politics of Economic Transformation In Malaysia. Victor T. King and Michael J.G. Parnwell (eds), Margins and Minorities. The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia. Forrest D. Colburn (ed.), Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Tony Saicb (ed.), The Chinese People's Movement. Perspectives on Spring 1989. Michel Oksenberg, Lawrence R. Sullivan and Marc Lambert (eds), Beijing Spring 1989. Confrontation and Conflict. The Basic Documents. Jan Nederveen Pleterse, Empire and Emancipation: Power and Liberation on a World Scale. Citing Literature Volume23, Issue4October 1992Pages 165-199 RelatedInformation

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Book reviews

Crossing the industrial divide: state, society, and the politics of economic transformation in Malaysia

Crossing the industrial divide: state, society, and the politics of economic transformation in Malaysia

Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia.

Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia.

Cause and consequence in public policy theory: Ethnic policy and system transformation in Malaysia

Considering public policy as both a dependent and an independent variable, this article undertakes a systematic assessment of the sources and systemic consequences of policy. It begins with a statement of contrasting theories of the sources of policy. One strand of comparative theory emphasizes national cultures and elite beliefs as the main sources of policy; another stresses the cross-national imperatives of particular policy programs, of international diffusion, and of common policy processes. Drawing on longitudinal data on an array of ethnic policies in Malaysia, the study highlights the limits of cultural-determinist theories of policy. It shows that elite beliefs change over time, often creating layers of policy based on varying premises; that one set of beliefs can overcome another, inconsistent set; that critical events can alter the balance of authoritative beliefs; and that, where beliefs are in conflict, organized interests have room for maneuver. Moreover, the interaction of a mix of operative beliefs can produce outcomes very much at variance with what policymakers wish or anticipate. Finally, on the systemic effects of policy, the study shows that interests created by earlier policy can be decisive actors in the shaping of later policy. Policy itself can change the entire structure of the political system - an outcome rather clearly demonstrated in the case of Malaysia.