{"id":6764,"date":"2019-01-11T13:54:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T04:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2018-12-03T14:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T05:01:36","slug":"20190111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021\/2019\/01\/20190111\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonan Talk by Dr. Meredith L. Weiss on January 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tonan-Talk-on-January-11_full.jpg?resize=218%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft mr20\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><strong>Title<\/strong>: The long road to \u201cNew Malaysia\u201d: What it takes to transform a regime<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Meredith L. Weiss, Professor, Department of Political<br \/>\nScience, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: January 11th (Fri.) 2019, 16:00 &#8211; 18:00<br \/>\n<strong>Place<\/strong>: Tonan-tei (Room no. 201) on the second floor of Inamori<br \/>\nFoundation Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderator<\/strong>:  Dr. Hau Caroline, Professor, CSEAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThe wee hours of 10 May 2018 brought Malaysia\u2019s incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN, National Front) a rude shock and opposition Pakatan Harapan (Alliance for Hope) a jolt of exuberance. For the first time ever, the BN had fallen, both at the federal level and, once the dust settled, in most states. Reaction at home and abroad was immediate and effusive, praising this rare display of \u201cdemocratization by elections.\u201d<br \/>\nIndubitably, Malaysia\u2019s government has changed; new leadership is at the helm. But what will it take to move, in the jargon of political science, from democratic transition to consolidation? Consolidation of a new regime will require far-reaching, surely incremental changes in four key domains: laws, institutions and frameworks, political economy, and \u2013 most difficult of all \u2013 political culture. Even a partial shift could carry substantial impact, and simply ousting corruption-tarnished Najib from executive office satisfies many protest-voters\u2019 key objective. But Malaysia has the potential to go much farther, to rework key premises of political loyalty and legitimacy, the standards to which voters hold politicians accountable, and the expectations ordinary voters have of their state and its leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the speaker<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMeredith Weiss is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a proud former (2017-18) CSEAS visiting fellow. She has published widely on political mobilization and contention, the politics of identity and development, and electoral politics in Southeast Asia, with particular focus on Malaysia and Singapore. A forthcoming book explores the resilience of electoral-authoritarian politics in Malaysia and Singapore; other current projects include collaborative studies of \u201cmoney politics\u201d as well as local governance in Southeast Asia, and an edited volume on Malaysia\u2019s 2018 elections. She co-edits the Cambridge University Press Elements book series on Southeast Asian Politics &#038; Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The long road to \u201cNew Malaysia\u201d: What it takes to transform a regime Speaker: Dr. Meredith L. 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