TY - BOOK AU - Saw,Swee-Hock AU - Kesavapany,K. ED - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. TI - Malaysia: recent trends and challenges SN - 9812303367 (pbk.) U1 - 320.9595 PY - 2006/// CY - Singapore PB - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies KW - Islam and politics KW - Malaysia KW - Elections KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions KW - Foreign relations KW - Singapore N1 - Collection of commissioned papers and papers presented at an ISEAS workshop "The Political Economy of Malaysia: Current Trends and Future Challenges" held in September 2004; Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-303) and index; 1. Population trends and patterns in multiracial Malaysia - 2. The emerging politics of Islam Hadhari - 3. Bangsa Malaysia: vision or spin? - 4. The 2004 Malaysian general elections: economic development, electoral trends, and the decline of the opposition - 5. The UMNO-Pas struggle: analysis of PAS's defeat in 2004 - 6. The malay electorare in 2004: reversing the 1999 result? - 7. UMNO and BN in the 2004 election: the political culture of complex identities - 8. Malaysia's civil service reform: Mahathir's legacies and Abdullah's challenges - 9. Reinventing governance in corporate Malaysian: the challenges ahead - 10. Globalisation and ethnic integration in Malaysia's education - 11. Globalisation and the challenges facing Malaysia's economy - 12. Promising start to Malaysia-Singapore relations ER -