Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia

Repression, Dissent and Opportunities

von Khoo Ying Hooi

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Lexington Books
• ISBN: 9781793642134
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2020
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC