
Mar-08
Eclipsing May 13
ISEAS (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2009
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-981-230-896-2 (ISBN)
Description
For a whole generation of Malaysians, no proper closure to the traumas of the racial riots of May 13, 1969 has been possible. But then came March 8, 2008. The surprising results of the General Election on that special day have started eclipsing the fears linked for so long to that spectral night forty years ago. All the three researchers from ISEAS who each authored separate chapters for this book were in different parts of Malaysia monitoring its 12th General Election during the thirteen days of campaigning. Their analyses provide new insights into the phenomenon that Malaysians now simply refer to as March 8. Ooi Kee Beng scrutinizes in detail the electoral campaign in the state of Penang, Johan Saravanamuttu studies the case of Kelantan state and the elections in general, while Lee Hock Guan examines changes in the voting pattern in the Klang Valley.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pasir Panjang
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-230-896-2 (9789812308962)
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06/2018
Iseas Publishing
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Content
Preliminary pages; 1. The Opposition's Year of Living Demonstratively by Ooi Kee Beng; 2. A Tectonic Shift in Malaysian Politics by Johan Saravanamuttu; 3. The Ethnic Voting Pattern for Kuala Lumpur and Selangor in 2008 by Lee Hock Guan; Postscript: Anwar's Path to Power goes via Permatang Pauh.