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Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
Present an in-depth examination of anti-authoritarian forces in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia. In general, the volume attempts to respond to the impasse of the so-called "transition from authoritarian to democracy" paradigm and adopts broader senses of politics, power, and authoritarianism, challenging our familiar understanding of gender, Islam, ethnicity, and social classes
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, has come up with a very relevant book with regards to today's international affairs. This work makes an important observation concerning how although democratic societies are flourishing within the international system, the concept and indeed practice of liberalism has relatively not
Capturing Globalization
This original contribution to the globalization debate uses Malaysia as reference point. Following the trauma of the late 1990s - environmental abuses in Southeast Asia, transnational turmoil in currency trading, the meltdown of stock markets and stark political consequences - a team of authors seek to understand how, and to what extent, communities can reclaim political and social control over the dynamics of globalization.
Malaysia: State and Civil Society in Transition
In this volume, the author addresses five central issues: secular nationalism, Islam, citizenship, democracy and human rights, while arguing that modernization and development have led to tensions in contemporary Malaysia. Importantly, the author discusses such themes in the context of the historical and political dynamics underlying nearly 20 years of authoritarian rule in that country.
The State of Malaysia
This book discusses a number of important issues in contemporary Malaysia such as political developments, governance, the impact of ethnicity, patronage, as well as the reform movement. It also looks into business enterprise in Malaysia, in particular by exploring how control of 'corporate Malaysia' is interlinked with political developments.
Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma (Routledge Research in Transnationalism S.)
In this refreshing approach to political Islam, Dr. Peter Mandaville analyses Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transnational social movements, global cities and information technologies. Mandaville examines how in this sense, 'globalization' is manifested as a lived experience through a discussion of debates over the meaning of Muslim identity, political community and the emergence of a 'critical Islam'. The central argument presented here is that translocal forces are leading to the emergence of a wider Muslim public sphere.
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