Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore

Greg Lopez is research fellow with the Murdoch University Executive Education Centre.Bridget Welsh is associate professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

It happens every now and then in history that the significance of a book changes radically between the time of writing and the day it reaches the bookshops. This book is undeniably one of them. The ruling coalition in Malaysia that had governed the country since independence in 1957 lost the general election on May 9, 2018, just before this book went to print. Understanding Malaysian politics and the impact on the region of the silent revolution that its 2018 general election amounts to will require studies of the breadth and depth that this collection of articles provides. In the case of Singapore, this volume promises to contribute to debates about the degree of symbiosis that exists between the two countries.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Rethinking Regime Resilience in Malaysia and SingaporeBridget Welsh & Greg LopezChapter 2 Change without Change: Malaysia after GE13Bridget WelshChapter 3 Change and Elections: 1969 and 2013 SimilaritiesJohn FunstonChapter 4 After GE13: What happened and what now?Clive KesslerChapter 5 Bersih & Civic Empowerment in MalaysiaGaik Cheng KhooChapter 6 Gaps Between the Singapore Government and the ElectorateBilveer SinghChapter 7 Policy and Political Reform in SingaporeLily Zubaidah RahimChapter 8 PAP’s Communication StrategyTerence LeeChapter 9 New Media, Old Rule in MalaysiaRoss TapsellChapter 10 The Curious Incident of the Seditious Dog Training VideoAmanda WhitingChapter 11 Malaysia’s Management of Petroleum ResourcesWee Chong HuiChapter 12 The Politics of Malaysia’s B40Steven CM WongChapter 13 Managing the Malaysian Economy after GE 2008Greg Lopez & Mohamed AriffChapter 14 Economic Growth, Democratic Participation and Social Welfare in SingaporeLee Soo AnnChapter 15 Representation, Literacy and ‘Gladiatorism’ in Malaysian politicsA.B. ShamsulChapter 16 Coalitions in Malaysia – Comparing Party Networks and DynamicsMeredith WeissChapter 17 Dislodging Malaysia’s Culture of DominationR. Rueban BalasubramaniamChapter 18 Rule by Law in Malaysia and SingaporeDavid Martin JonesChapter 19 Conclusion: Challenges to Resilience in Malaysia and SingaporeBridget Welsh & Greg Lopez