Johan Saravanamuttu
Biographic Data
| ID | 732568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johan Saravanamuttu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Saravanamuttu |
| SIGNATURE | SARAVANAMUTTU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Malaysia’s National Role Conceptions and Transitions of Foreign Policy From Tunku to Mahathir
Reviewing the history and trajectory of Malaysia’s foreign policy, this article highlights national role conceptions (NRCs) during Tunku’s premiership between 1957 and 1968 and the first and second Mahathir tenures of 1981–2003 and 2018–2020, respectively. Malaysia’s foreign policy and its fundamentals have remained reasonably stable over prolonged periods but NRCs, which define foreign policy, have witnessed shifting nuances and noticeable chang…
Malaysia in 2020: Political Fragmentation, Power Plays and Shifting Coalitions
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
The Monetisation of Consent and its Limits: Explaining Political Dominance and Decline in Malaysia
Malaysia’s 14th General Election in 2018 toppled the Barisan Nasional government after six decades in power. Barisan Nasional’s longevity was due to its performance legitimacy and a capacity to manipulate electoral mechanisms. However, it was the use of money in eliciting consent that led to a political change. This article traces how sustaining the dominance of the Barisan Nasional under Najib Razak used a strategy which we term the monetisation…
The Asean Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace
Power Sharing in a Divided Nation: Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia's Elections
This book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea of power sharing based on the dynamic and transformative practice of mediated communalism through six decades (1952–2016) of electoral politics. The strategy of mediating communalism is critically explored throughout the book, serving to test its saliency as a distinct a…
Coalitions in Collision: Malaysia's 13th General Elections
After the watershed 2008 election when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost its customary two-thirds control of parliamentary seats, there was the not unreasonable expectation that BN would slip even further in the much-anticipated Thirteenth General Election of 2013, which is the subject of this book. In the event, the BN lost the popular vote to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but still retained the reins of government. In this book, promine…
Islamic Banking and Finance: Sacred Alignment, Strategic Alliances
This case study from Malaysia adds a new dimension to critiques of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) by studying various aspects of its agency and showing how its growth complements and sometimes supersedes its spiritual components, resulting in new power alignments. The first significant consequence of IBF has been its global role in an emergent multipolar financial and regulatory global space. Second, by the creation of new alliances and govern…
Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia: Areas of Toleration and Conflict
Indonesia: Part 1. Introduction by Bernhard Platzdasch -- Part 2. NU and Muhammadiyah : Majority Views on Religious Minorities in Indonesia / by Robin Bush and Budhy Munawar-Rachman -- Part 3. Islam, Religious Minorities, and the Challenge of the Blasphemy Laws : A Close Look at the Current Liberal Muslim Discourse / by Supriyanto Abdi -- Part 4. Reading Ahmadiyah and Discourses on Freedom of Religion in Indonesia / by Andy Fuller -- Part 5. Sanc…
The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya: Tangled Strands of Modernity
This book by four historians fills an important gap in Singapore's and Malaysia's political history from the perspective of leftist politics. There has been a surge of writing about the role of the
Twin Coalition Politics in Malaysia since 2008: A Path Dependent Framing and Analysis
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Malaysia's Foreign Policy, the First Fifty Years: Alignment, Neutralism, Islamism
This book captures Malaysia's foreign policy over the first fifty years and beyond since the date of the country’s formal independence in 1957. The author provides "macro-historical" narratives of foreign policy practices and outcomes over distinct time periods under the tenures of the five prime ministers. One chapter delves into relations with immediate neighbouring states and another chapter analyses the political economy of foreign policy. A …
Malaysia at the United Nations: A Study of Foreign Policy Priorities, 1957–1987
Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia
1. Introduction: Majority-Minority Muslim Politics and Democracy - Johan Saravanamuttu 2. Authority and Democracy in Malaysian and Indonesian Islamic Movements - Judith Nagata 3. Political Islam and Democracy in the Majority Muslim Country of Indonesia - Jacques Bertrand 4. The Authoritarian State and its Link to Political Islam in Muslim-Majority Malaysia - Maznah Mohamad 5. Encounters of Muslim Politics in Malaysia - Johan Saravanamuttu 6. Miss…
Malaysia: Political Transformation and Intrigue in an Election Year
The year 2008 will be remembered as a watershed for the Malaysian political system and for the forward trajectory of Malaysian democracy. This election year saw a refurbished coalition of oppositional political forces, the People's Pact (Pakatan Rakyat), deprive the ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional) coalition of its two-thirds majority of seats in Parliament. Even more significantly, four state governments fell, making it a total of five g…
Malaysian Foreign Policy in the Mahathir Era 1981–2003: Dilemmas of Development
March 8: Eclipsing May 13
For a whole generation of Malaysians, no proper closure to the traumas of the racial riots of May 13, 1969 has been possible.But then came March 8, 2008 The surprising results of the General Election on that special day have started eclipsing the fears linked for so long to that spectral night forty years ago. All the three researchers from ISEAS who each authored separate chapters for this book were in different parts of Malaysia monitoring its …
Malaysia: Fifty Years of Diplomacy
Democracy and Modernity – When the Twain Shall Meet? Reflections on the Asian Conundrum
This article examines the trajectory of Asian politics in terms of modernization and democratization. Going beyond broad generalizations about democracy's Third Wave, empirical evidence is adduced to show an affective orientation and lively appetite for democracy among Asian citizens and even states. However, in many instances, while the citizens are willing to democratize, the state is institutionally weak. Conversely, strong, high performance s…
Asia‐ Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order
Renato Constantino: Organic intellectual of our times
2000). Renato Constantino: Organic intellectual of our times. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 30, Tribute to Renato Constantino, pp. 305-307
Asean in Malaysian foreign policy discourse and practice, 1967–1997
Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule 1
1996). Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule. Asian Journal of Political Science: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-16
Post-Marxism: Implications for Political Theory and Practice
This paper delineates the contours of understood as a discourse and political practice resulting from the collapse of actually existing socialism and from ongoing critiques of Marxist theory and epistemology. In explicating post-Marxism, the author examines some pitfalls in applying it to Third World contexts. He concludes that while the post-Marxist injunction for social pluralism and radical democratization is well taken, there is still an impe…
Asean
Peace advocacy in Malaysia
Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule 1
1996). Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule. Asian Journal of Political Science: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-16
The Monetisation of Consent and its Limits: Explaining Political Dominance and Decline in Malaysia
Malaysia’s 14th General Election in 2018 toppled the Barisan Nasional government after six decades in power. Barisan Nasional’s longevity was due to its performance legitimacy and a capacity to manipulate electoral mechanisms. However, it was the use of money in eliciting consent that led to a political change. This article traces how sustaining the dominance of the Barisan Nasional under Najib Razak used a strategy which we term the monetisation…
Islamic Banking and Finance: Sacred Alignment, Strategic Alliances
This case study from Malaysia adds a new dimension to critiques of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) by studying various aspects of its agency and showing how its growth complements and sometimes supersedes its spiritual components, resulting in new power alignments. The first significant consequence of IBF has been its global role in an emergent multipolar financial and regulatory global space. Second, by the creation of new alliances and govern…
Japanese economic penetration in Asean in the context of the international division of labour
Twin Coalition Politics in Malaysia since 2008: A Path Dependent Framing and Analysis
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Asean in Malaysian foreign policy discourse and practice, 1967–1997
Asean
Asean Security for the 198Os: The Case for a Revitalized Zopfan
Imperialism, dependent development and asean regionalism
Japanese economic penetration in Asean in the context of the international division of labour
Westward Watch: The United States and the Changing Western Pacific
Peace advocacy in Malaysia
Asean
Post-Marxism: Implications for Political Theory and Practice
This paper delineates the contours of understood as a discourse and political practice resulting from the collapse of actually existing socialism and from ongoing critiques of Marxist theory and epistemology. In explicating post-Marxism, the author examines some pitfalls in applying it to Third World contexts. He concludes that while the post-Marxist injunction for social pluralism and radical democratization is well taken, there is still an impe…
Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule 1
1996). Malaysia's foreign policy in the Mahathir period, 1981–1995: An Iconoclast come to rule. Asian Journal of Political Science: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-16
Asean in Malaysian foreign policy discourse and practice, 1967–1997
Renato Constantino: Organic intellectual of our times
2000). Renato Constantino: Organic intellectual of our times. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 30, Tribute to Renato Constantino, pp. 305-307
Asia‐ Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order
Democracy and Modernity – When the Twain Shall Meet? Reflections on the Asian Conundrum
This article examines the trajectory of Asian politics in terms of modernization and democratization. Going beyond broad generalizations about democracy's Third Wave, empirical evidence is adduced to show an affective orientation and lively appetite for democracy among Asian citizens and even states. However, in many instances, while the citizens are willing to democratize, the state is institutionally weak. Conversely, strong, high performance s…
March 8: Eclipsing May 13
For a whole generation of Malaysians, no proper closure to the traumas of the racial riots of May 13, 1969 has been possible.But then came March 8, 2008 The surprising results of the General Election on that special day have started eclipsing the fears linked for so long to that spectral night forty years ago. All the three researchers from ISEAS who each authored separate chapters for this book were in different parts of Malaysia monitoring its …
Malaysia: Fifty Years of Diplomacy
Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia
1. Introduction: Majority-Minority Muslim Politics and Democracy - Johan Saravanamuttu 2. Authority and Democracy in Malaysian and Indonesian Islamic Movements - Judith Nagata 3. Political Islam and Democracy in the Majority Muslim Country of Indonesia - Jacques Bertrand 4. The Authoritarian State and its Link to Political Islam in Muslim-Majority Malaysia - Maznah Mohamad 5. Encounters of Muslim Politics in Malaysia - Johan Saravanamuttu 6. Miss…
Malaysia: Political Transformation and Intrigue in an Election Year
The year 2008 will be remembered as a watershed for the Malaysian political system and for the forward trajectory of Malaysian democracy. This election year saw a refurbished coalition of oppositional political forces, the People's Pact (Pakatan Rakyat), deprive the ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional) coalition of its two-thirds majority of seats in Parliament. Even more significantly, four state governments fell, making it a total of five g…
Malaysian Foreign Policy in the Mahathir Era 1981–2003: Dilemmas of Development
Malaysia's Foreign Policy, the First Fifty Years: Alignment, Neutralism, Islamism
This book captures Malaysia's foreign policy over the first fifty years and beyond since the date of the country’s formal independence in 1957. The author provides "macro-historical" narratives of foreign policy practices and outcomes over distinct time periods under the tenures of the five prime ministers. One chapter delves into relations with immediate neighbouring states and another chapter analyses the political economy of foreign policy. A …
Malaysia at the United Nations: A Study of Foreign Policy Priorities, 1957–1987
Twin Coalition Politics in Malaysia since 2008: A Path Dependent Framing and Analysis
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya: Tangled Strands of Modernity
This book by four historians fills an important gap in Singapore's and Malaysia's political history from the perspective of leftist politics. There has been a surge of writing about the role of the
Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia: Areas of Toleration and Conflict
Indonesia: Part 1. Introduction by Bernhard Platzdasch -- Part 2. NU and Muhammadiyah : Majority Views on Religious Minorities in Indonesia / by Robin Bush and Budhy Munawar-Rachman -- Part 3. Islam, Religious Minorities, and the Challenge of the Blasphemy Laws : A Close Look at the Current Liberal Muslim Discourse / by Supriyanto Abdi -- Part 4. Reading Ahmadiyah and Discourses on Freedom of Religion in Indonesia / by Andy Fuller -- Part 5. Sanc…
Coalitions in Collision: Malaysia's 13th General Elections
After the watershed 2008 election when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost its customary two-thirds control of parliamentary seats, there was the not unreasonable expectation that BN would slip even further in the much-anticipated Thirteenth General Election of 2013, which is the subject of this book. In the event, the BN lost the popular vote to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but still retained the reins of government. In this book, promine…
Islamic Banking and Finance: Sacred Alignment, Strategic Alliances
This case study from Malaysia adds a new dimension to critiques of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) by studying various aspects of its agency and showing how its growth complements and sometimes supersedes its spiritual components, resulting in new power alignments. The first significant consequence of IBF has been its global role in an emergent multipolar financial and regulatory global space. Second, by the creation of new alliances and govern…
Power Sharing in a Divided Nation: Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia's Elections
This book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea of power sharing based on the dynamic and transformative practice of mediated communalism through six decades (1952–2016) of electoral politics. The strategy of mediating communalism is critically explored throughout the book, serving to test its saliency as a distinct a…
Political science (26 works) · Law (19 works) · Politics (19 works) · Asian Studies and History (18 works) · Law (14 works) · Economics (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Foreign policy (6 works) · Geography (6 works)