| Physical description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
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PREFACE; 1-THE STRONGMAN: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION; 2-A DECADE LATER: THE LASTING SHADOW OF MAHATHIR; 3-IDENTITY FORMATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY MALAYSIA: TRAVERSING AND TRANSCENDING ETHNICITY; 4-FROM ELECTRONSTO PHOTONS: INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE MALAYSIAN HIGH-TECH MANUFACTURING SECTOR POST-MAHATHIR; 5-MALAYSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY: IS MAHATHIRISM STILL ALIVE?; 6-FALLING BETWEEN TWO STOOLS? MALAYSIA'S POST-MAHATHIR PROFILE IN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; 7-NEGOTIATING TENSIONS IN THE DISCOURSES OF GENDER, SEXUALITY AND RELIGION. |
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8-SPACE, NOSTALGIA AND LONELINESS: AUTHORSHIP AND POLITICS IN THE FILMS OF AZHARR RUDINReferences; Filmography; CONTRIBUTOR; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS. |
| Summary |
Mahathir Mohamad stepped down as Malaysia's longest serving prime minister in 2003. Officially he does not hold any political office, but his views and influence still prevail. He was largely responsible for deposing his handpicked successor, Abdullah Badawi, and he is in the process of trying to do the same to the current PM Najib Razak. But Malaysian society has moved beyond Mahathir especially in the non-political arena. Malaysian youths are now more open and largely influenced by social media, as can be seen in Barisan Nasional's loss of the popular vote in the 2013 general. At the same ti. |
| Other author |
Prof. Dosch, Joern.
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| Subject |
Mahathir bin Mohamad, 1925-
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Malaysia -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Malaysia -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
9814677558 |
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9789814677554 (electronic bk.) |
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9789814677165 |
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9814677167 |
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