Videos by Francis Kok Wah Loh
Interview with Francis Loh on the role of the scholar-activist in Malaysia. He discusses the 'loc... more Interview with Francis Loh on the role of the scholar-activist in Malaysia. He discusses the 'local knowledge' that the scholar-actvist brings to his observation, understanding and analysis of contemporary politics and current developments in the society he lives and engages in. 5 views
Papers by Francis Kok Wah Loh
Pluto Press eBooks, Sep 7, 2017
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Dec 21, 2011
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Jan 28, 2009
Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, 1997
This arrtcle discusses how the PBS won 4 state elections and and held power in Sabah for 9 years,... more This arrtcle discusses how the PBS won 4 state elections and and held power in Sabah for 9 years, from 1985-1994. It further discusses how Umno which controlled the federal government resorted to coercive measures, "developmentalism", breaking up the multiethnic PBS, as well as using monetary incentives to displace the PBS government which had actually won the 1994 elections narrrowly.
Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysin Studies, 1997
Dalam pendahuluan ini beberapa ciri proses-proses politik. ekonomi dan sosial dt Sabah dan Sarawa... more Dalam pendahuluan ini beberapa ciri proses-proses politik. ekonomi dan sosial dt Sabah dan Sarawak dibandingkan dengan proses-proses yang berkaitan lt Semenanjung Malaysia. Ia juga menjelaskan beberapa hujah yang diketengahkan oleh penulis-penulis yang lain dalam karya ini. Empat pola semasa dalam perkembangan politik Sabah dan Sarawak dikenalpasti dan dihuraikan. Keempatempatnya adalah; pendominasian politik Sabah dan Sarawak oleh kaum Bumiputera Muslim ekoran daripada kemercsotan pergerakan nasionalisme
‘Engaging the 2004 General Election in Malaysia: Contrasting Roles and Goals’ in Chua Beng Huat (ed.) Elections as Popular Culture in Asia, London: Routledge, pp. 115-38., 2007
Enabling Decentralisation and improing Federal-State Relations in the Federation of Malaysia, Penang: Penang Institute, 2022
Where has (Ethnic) Politics Gone; the Case of the BN Non-Malay Politicians and Political Parties. In R Hefner (ed) The Politics of Multiculturalism, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 183-203, 2001
This collection of essays asks whether a "new politics" has emerged in Malaysia. Based ... more This collection of essays asks whether a "new politics" has emerged in Malaysia. Based on detailed empirical studies of the 1999 General Election and its results, the contributors delve into how various developments before the election impacted on national, state and local politics.
Early work on the Malaysian polity assumed that as a plural society, Malaysian political culture ... more Early work on the Malaysian polity assumed that as a plural society, Malaysian political culture would be deeply embedded in ethnicity and communalism. Much of the writing on Malaysian politics that followed basically took communal politics as a given. Communalism was seen as a debilitating, negative phenomenon of every ethnic group working for its self-interest or whenever possible, domination of the ‘other’. Such a realist perspective of social and political relations was taken even further by theorists of the plural society who began to put the accent on the conflictual elements of the plural society, discarding altogether the pragmatic considerations of mutual gains, and depicting it a recipe for democratic disaster. For writers like these, plural societies were marked by “mutually incompatible” social structures, values and belief systems as well as systems of action at the “cultural core” and thereby, merely a formal diversity in the basic system of compulsory institutions. Th...
In contrast to all its ASEAN neighbours except for Singapore and Brunei, Malaysia is relatively f... more In contrast to all its ASEAN neighbours except for Singapore and Brunei, Malaysia is relatively free from political violence. The only two major episodes of political violence in living memory of most Malaysians are the communist insurgency in West Malaysia (1948–1960) and Sarawak (1962–1974) and the 'May 13' post-election Sino-Malay ethnic riot in 1969. Notwithstanding class war and communal conflict, the Malayan/Malaysian state successfully preserve civilian rule for most of the time after its independence from Britain in 1957/1963.
Introduction - the origins of Hua-Ch'iao a short history of the Nanyang Chinese the limits of... more Introduction - the origins of Hua-Ch'iao a short history of the Nanyang Chinese the limits of Nanyang Chinese nationalism, 1912-1937 the study of the Southeast Asian past Southeast Asia in the 9th and 14th centuries early Ming relations with Southeast Asia - a background essay China and Southeast Asia 1402-1424 the opening of relations between China and Malacca, 1403-1405 the first three rulers of Malacca the Melayu in Hai-Kuo Wen Chien Lu migration patterns in history - Malaysia and the region Malayan nationalism Malaysia - contending elites reflections of Malaysian elites traditional leadership in a new nation - the Chinese in Malaya and Singapore Chinese politics in Malaya a short introduction to Chinese writing in Malaya are Indonesian Chinese unique? - some observations trade and cultural values - Australia and the four dragons the life of William Liu - Australian and Chinese perspectives the compulsion to look south - Asian awareness of Australia on the south-eastern edge of Asia - an Asian view the China-Japan relationship - implications for Australia Asian perceptions of Australia - what Asians will see.
Nationalism, capitalism and Asian values Muslim politics and the discourse on democracy developme... more Nationalism, capitalism and Asian values Muslim politics and the discourse on democracy developmentalism in the 1990s - is a shift from the politics of ethnicism under way? deconstruction - the myths of farmers, wives and (m)others defining democratic discourses - the mainstream Malaysian press limits of democratic administration dilemmas of judicial independence changing character of elections and political parties, NGOs and political participation women and political leadership trade unions - labouring under democracy commercialization, concentration and control - the structure of the Malaysian media and its implications for democracy.
Economic Liberalization, Democratization and Civil Society in the Developing World, 2000
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 00358531003656180, Apr 1, 2010
The coming to power of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition in five states following the ... more The coming to power of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition in five states following the 2008 election has interrupted the one dominant party political process that has prevailed for more than 50 years, and that facilitated the Barisan Nasional (BN)'s domination of the centre and penetration into the states and local authorities. Nowadays, the PR-led states of Selangor and Penang in particular have challenged federal domination as never before. The old ways of bullying weaker and poorer opposition-led states such as Kelantan and Sabah in the 1990s have been rejected. The new balance of federal–state relations has allowed the BN-led states of Sabah and Sarawak to press for decentralisation of decision-making, increased development allocations, and a greater say in determining local issues. Hence, in spite of the absence of constitutional reforms vis-à-vis federal–state relations, some restructuring of those relations is underway. However, the regular occurrences of controversies suggest that Malaysia has still not transited from a centralised federalism to a more co-operative one.
Globalizacion De Las Resistencias El Estado De Las Luchas 2005 2005 Isbn 84 7426 810 9 Pags 41 56, 2005
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