The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia: Repression, Dissent and Opportunities

By Khoo Ying Hooi

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793642133
• ISBN13: 9781793642134
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"