The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia

Khoo Ying Hooi

doi:10.5771/9781793642141

Summary

Beginning in 2005 as a small electoral reform initiative, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, known as Bersih, became the most prominent social movement in Malaysia. Based on participant observation approach and first-hand interviews with key actors, this book examines how Bersih became a movement that aggregated the collective grievance of Malaysians and brought Malaysian sociopolitical activism to a new level. This book makes a major contribution to the scholarly work on social movement theories in the Southeast Asian context and to the growing literature on social movements and democratization.

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Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4213-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4214-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 213
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of figures and tables No access
3. List of acronyms and abbreviations No access
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1. Social movements: definitions and debates No access
2. Formation and outcomes: how and why do social movements matter? No access
3. Debates on social movement theories No access
4. Democratisation: concepts and debates No access
5. Social movement approaches to democratisation No access
6. Political opportunity: closed vs. open No access
1. Malaysia’s democracy: processes and obstacles No access
2. Electoral politics, political reshaping and coalitions No access
3. Civil society and social movements in Malaysia No access
4. Protest politics No access
1. 1. Irregularities in the electoral process No access
  2. Abdullah Badawi’s administration and public grievances No access
  3. The role of the Internet No access
2. 1. The electoral protests No access
  2. New media repertoire No access
3. Electoral reforms No access
1. State repression No access
2. Access to the political system No access
3. 1. Political parties as agents of mobilisation No access
  2. Networking No access
4. Political divisions among elites No access
1. The changing culture of opposition: how powerful is protest? No access
2. Political participation and public awareness No access
3. Spillover effects and counter-movements No access
1. People power through the ballot No access
2. From mobilisation to institutionalisation No access
8 Conclusion No access Pages 173 - 182
Bibliography No access Pages 183 - 208
Acknowledgements No access Pages 209 - 212
About The Author No access Pages 213 - 213