Paradoxes of Mahathirism - Softcover

Khoo, Boo Teik

 
9789676530943: Paradoxes of Mahathirism

Synopsis

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia since 1981, is one of Asia's most successful politicians. Once feared by some as an ideologue of state intervention to restructure Malaysian society, Mahathir is now admired by many for his vision of industrializing his nation into Asia's 'fifth tiger.' Paradoxes of Mahathirism is the first full-length scholarly examination of the enigma of Mahathir. As a study of political ideology, it explores Mahathir's ideas on nationalism, capitalism, Islam, populism, and authoritarianism--the core of Mahathirism. Within the context of Malaysia's recent political history, it charts the evolution of Mahathir's complex world-view to reveal paradoxes, alternating patterns of consistency and contradiction, which help us understand his politics, policies, and personality.

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Synopsis

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia since 1981, is one of Asia's most successful politicians. In a career spanning half a century, he has been an occasional writer on Malay affairs, a doctor cum parliamentarian, a Malay nationalist who has emerged as a Third World spokesman and a practitioner of Islamic modernism. This text provides a full-length scholarly examination of the enigma of Mahathir.

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9789676530929: Paradoxes of Mahathirism: An Intellectual Biography of Mahathir Mohamad

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ISBN 10:  9676530921 ISBN 13:  9789676530929
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1996
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