Hwang, In-won.

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.

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Mahathir Mohamad, Tun, 1925-


Malaysia--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.


Malaysia--Politics and government.

959.5054 / HWA 2003