Personalized politics : the Malaysian state under Mahathir /
In-Won Hwang.
- Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2003.
- 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--Australian National University) under title: Changing conflict configurations and regime maintenance in Malaysian politics.
List of tables. - Foreword by Harold Crouch. - Acknowledgments. - Glossary. - 1. Introduction. - 2. The origins and patterns of conflict in Malaysia. - 3. Regime maintenance through consociational bargaining. - 4. Regime change towards UMNO dominance. - 5. Towards Mahathir's personal dominance. - 6. Politics in the 1990s: Regime change or regime consolidation. - 7. The rise of new politics and challenges to the Mahathir regime. - 8. Whither Malaysia? - References. - Index. - About the author.