The Political Mobilization of the Christian Community in Malaysia

Pui Yee Choong


Engels | 30-01-2024 | 180 pagina's

9789087284374

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'The Political Mobilization of the Christian Community in Malaysia' outlines how the Malaysian Christian community defends its religious rights without being construed as anti-Islam.

Tekst achterflap

Spanning Malaysia’s post-independence period and using the repression-mobilization nexus as a key theoretical framework, this study outlines how its Christian community delicately and simultaneously defends its religious rights without being construed as anti-Islam in the face of state-led “Islamization”. This study charts the changes in the community's resistance tactics by primarily focusing on the 1980s to the contemporary period while considering subnational differences between East and West Malaysia. It explains why it adopted a non-partisan and non-violent approach despite targeted repression. In outlining the interplay between a minority community’s mobilization and national-level contestation, it focuses especially on the role played by the Christian elites. Additionally, it raises key questions that remain relevant in the study of contentious politics: How do minority communities in semi-democratic contexts protect their rights? What are their options and constraints for resistance? And how do changes in the political environment mould their strategy and resistance tactics?

Slogan/Promotie

Spanning Malaysia’s post-independence period, and using the repression-mobilization nexus as a key theoretical framework, this study outlines how its Christian community delicately and simultaneously defends its religious rights without being construed as anti-Islam in the face of state-led “Islamization”. By primarily focusing on the 1980s to the contemporary period, while considering subnational differences between East and West Malaysia, this study charts the changes in the community’s tactics of resistance and explains why it chose to adopt a non-partisan and non-violent approach despite targeted repression. In outlining the interplay between a minority community’s mobilization and national-level contestation, it focuses especially the role played by the Christian elites. Additionally, it raises key questions that remain relevant in the study of contentious politics: How do minority community in semi-democratic contexts protect their rights? What are their options and constraints for resistance? And how do changes in the political environment mould their strategy and tactics of resistance?

Biografie

Pui Yee Choong is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at University of Malaya. She has published journal articles, book chapters, and opinion editorials on contemporary Malaysian political and social issues. She was previously the History and Regional Studies Programme Coordinator at the Penang Institute, Malaysia, and a Senior Analyst at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Pui Yee holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Monash University, an MSc in Strategic Studies from the Nanyang Technological University, and a BA(Hons) in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Malaya.

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Table of Contents List of abstracts and keywords List of abbreviations List of tables Chapter One: Contextualizing and Theorizing Christian Political Mobilization in Malaysia Chapter Two: A Competitive Authoritarian Regime, Islamization, and the Christian Community Chapter Three: Unflinching Principles and Whimpers of Protest, 1980–90 Chapter Four: Learned Submission to Semi-opposition Engagement, 1991–2002 Chapter Five: Seizing Political Opportunities for Mobilization, 2003–7 Chapter Six: From Resisting Repression to Oblique Oppositional Mobilization, 2008–15 Chapter Seven: Stories from the East: Resisting Islamization and Preserving Local Rights Chapter Eight: Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Official Letter from Najib Razak to Bishop Moon Hing Ng Proposing a 10-Point Solution Index

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EAN :9789087284374
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Uitgever :Universiteit Leiden hodn Leiden Universi
Publicatie datum :  30-01-2024
Uitvoering :Hardback
Taal/Talen : Engels
Hoogte :242 mm
Breedte :163 mm
Dikte :19 mm
Gewicht :462 gr
Status :Te bestellen
Aantal pagina's :180
Reeks :  LUP Academic
Keywords :  christian minorities;christian minorities state-led islamization;malaysia;pragmatic resistance;repression–mobilization nexus;secularism;state-led islamization