Protest and Possibilities - Civil Society and Coalitions for Political Change in Malaysia

Zusatztext "By comparing the "illiberal" democracies of Malaysia and Indonesia, Weiss sheds light on the significance of specific state structures to the types of coalitions, agendas, and institutional and normative reforms that emerge." Informationen zum Autor Meredith L. Weiss is Assistant Professor of International Studies at DePaul University. Klappentext "By comparing the "illiberal" democracies of Malaysia and Indonesia, [Weiss] sheds light on the significance of specific state structures to the types of coalitions, agendas, and institutional and normative reforms that emerge."--Reference & Research Book News Zusammenfassung This book examines a recent movement for political reform in Malaysia, contrasting the experience both with past initiatives in Malaysia and with a contemporaneous reform movement in Indonesia, to help us understand how and when coalitions unite reformers from civil and political societies, and how these coalitions engage with the state and society.

Product details

• Authors: Meredith Weiss, Meredith L Weiss, Meredith L. Weiss
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2005
• EAN: 9780804752947
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5294-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an; Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education