Malaysian Economics And Politics In The New Century

by Barlow, Colin; Wah, Francis Loh Kok

• ISBN13: 9781845422325
• ISBN10: 1845422325
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-05
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

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