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Personalized Politics : The Malaysian State under Mahathir
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ISBN: 981230519X 9812301860 9812301852 Year: 2003 Publisher: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,

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This book is an innovative analysis of regime maintenance and transformation in Malaysia. It goes beyond familiar approaches centred on communal politics, or the corporate workings of Malaysia Inc., to stress the importance of power maintenance -- tracing a path from consociational bargaining, to authoritarian UMNO dominance, to Dr Mahathir's personal dominance.

Malaysian politics under Mahathir
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ISBN: 1134695217 1280182695 0203268660 0203006224 9780203268667 0415171423 9780415171427 0415171431 9780415171434 9780203006221 9781134695218 9781280182693 9781134695164 9781134695201 1134695209 Year: 1999 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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A hard-hitting and readable book which examines Mahathir's character, his ideas and policies and relates them to the social, economic and political setting inside Malaysia. Up until recently, high rates of economic growth and a striking reduction in poverty have been the hallmarks of this vibrant Tiger economy. Mahathir's success has now been placed in jeopardy by the recent economic crisis, and his rule is coming under hostile scrutiny.As one of the most controversial political figures in South-east Asia, Mahathir's success at managing ethnic tensions, policies of industrialization, moderniza

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