Malaysian Economics and Politics in the New Century

by Barlow, Colin; Loh, Francis Kok-Wah; Australia-malaysia Conference 2000 Canbe

• ISBN13: 9781840645996
• ISBN10: 1840645997
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Author Biography

Colin Barlow is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Australia Francis Loh Kok Wah is Professor of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii
Tables	viii
Contributors	ix
Preface and Acknowledgements	xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION
Introduction	3	(10)
Colin Barlow
Francis Loh Kok Wah
PART II ECONOMICS AND STRATEGY
Malaysia and the Asian Crisis: Lessons and Challenges	13	(16)
R. Thillainathan
The Impact of the 1997 Financial Crisis on Malaysia's Corporate Sector and its Response	29	(17)
Tan Tat Wai
Malaysia after the Asian Crisis: An Overview of Labour Market Issues	46	(16)
Shamsulbahriah Ku Ahmad
The Financial Crisis and its Social Implications	62	(13)
Ishak Shari
Malaysia's Security Environment and Strategic Responses	75	(18)
Russ Swinnerton
PART III POLITICS AND OTHER ASPECTS
A New Politics in Malaysia: Ferment and Fragmentation	93	(13)
Francis Loh Kok Wah
Changing Power Configurations in Malaysia	106	(13)
Michael Ong
The Anwar Trial and its Wider Implications	119	(13)
William Case
Mahathir, Australia and the Rescue of the Malays	132	(11)
Anthony Milner
Some Aspects of Malaysian Civil Liberties	143	(16)
Rais Yatim
The Challenges of Opposition Politics in Malaysia - Checking Growing Authoritarianism and Ethnic Repolarization	159	(16)
Lim Kit Siang
PART IV CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions	175	(14)
Colin Barlow
Francis Loh Kok Wah
References	189	(10)
Index	199