Author Description

"Beyond Mahathir poses vital and timely questions about Malaysian politics after the planned retirement in October 2003 of Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad." "The author examines Malaysia's long-term social transformation, the global disruptions of July 1997 and 'September 11', key leaders' calculations of power, and the pitfalls of succession that intersected to produce the political dramas of Mahathir's final decade in power." "Beyond Mahathir is an instructive guide to momentous events that revolved around competing conceptions of what the future portends or should portend for Malaysia, and the contested ways of getting there."--BOOK JACKET.