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Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing world's most successful economies. He adopted pragmatic economic policies alongside repressive political measures and showed that Islam was compatible with representative government and modernization. He emerged as a Third World champi...

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Main Author: Wain, Barry (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Asian Politics.
Literature, general.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature.
Political science.
Religion and sociology.
Asia > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing world's most successful economies. He adopted pragmatic economic policies alongside repressive political measures and showed that Islam was compatible with representative government and modernization. He emerged as a Third World champion and Islamic spokesman by standing up to the West.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 363 pages)
ISBN:9780230251236
DOI:10.1057/9780230251236