Malaysia : recent trends and challenges / edited by Saw Swee-Hock, K. Kesavapany.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-303) and index.

"The chapters in this book are derived from commissioned papers and those presented at an ISEAS workshop entitled 'The political economy of Malaysia : current trends and future challenges' held in September 2004"--Preface.

Population trends and patterns in multiracial Malaysia / Saw Swee-Hock -- The emerging politics of Islam Hadhari / Terence Chong -- Bangsa Malaysia: vision or spin? / Ooi Kee Beng -- The 2004 Malaysian general elections: economic development, electoral trends, and the decline of the opposition / Edmund Terence Gomez -- The UMNO-PAS struggle: analysis of PAS's defeat in 2004 / Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid -- The Malay electorate in 2004: reversing the 1999 result? / John Funston -- UMNO and BN in the 2004 election: the political culture of complex identities / Zainal Kling -- Malaysia's civil service reform: Mahathir's Legacies and Abdullah's challenges / Ho Khai Leong -- Reinventing governance in corporate Malaysia: the challenges ahead / Michael Yeoh, Farizal Hj. Mohd. Razalli -- Globalisation and ethnic integration in Malaysian education / Lee Hock Guan -- Globalisation and the challenges facing Malaysia's economy / Denis Hew -- Promising start to Malaysia-Singapore relations / K. Kesavapany.