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Europa stand in den letzten beiden Jahren aus zwei Gründen im Zentrum des Weltinteresses. Erstens wegen der demokratischen Revolutionen und zweitens wegen des Vertrags von Maastricht, der die Europäische Gemeinschaft zum größten einheitlichen ökonomischen Markt macht.

Examines effect of Sept. 1998 sacking and detention of Deputy Prime Minister Ibrahim by Prime Minister Mahathir and creation of the opposition multi-ethnic Barisan Alternative party on Nov. 1999 elections.

Discusses gains made by the loosely aligned opposition in Malaysia's recent parliamentary elections. Attention is given to Parti Keadilan Rakyat party leader Anwar Ibrahim's role in rallying the opposition. Adapted from the source document.

Over 50 years Anwar Ibrahim was a Malay nationalist student, a motor of Islamic activism, a co-opted rising star in government, an 'anointed successor' to the premiership, a persecuted reformist, and a revitalized Opposition Leader. He disdained comfortable irrelevance to rouse indignant masses against the regimes of five prime ministers. In September 1998 he was a political prisoner with a blackened eye. In November 2023 he became the Prime Minister. In the 21st century his anti-corruption campaigns fought ruling power structures that fused state, regime and party. His politics used his charismatic and chameleonic personality, and his complex ideas on Islam, a humane economy, coalition politics, and a reimagination of society. He outmanoeuvred his influential ethno-religious opponents through a parlous condition of Malay politics, and now leads a large Unity Government of which the deposed hegemon, UMNO, is only a subordinate partner. This book explores how a tenacious but hopeful Anwar seeks to transform society at an unsteady moment of Malaysian politics.

On 14 April, Anwar Ibrahim, formerly deputy prime minister and reputed successor to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed, was jailed for six years on charges that many thought had been trumped up by the latter to rid him of an unwelcome critic

Democratic theory contends that factors like economic crisis, elite-level divisions, the resurrection of civil society, appropriate institutions, and international demonstration effects can encourage democratic regime change. This article investigates these factors in Malaysia's current setting, a period in which reformist sentiments have grown. It finds, however, that the leader has effectively isolated his elite-level rivals, while his government has adequately managed economic crisis, social upsurge, and international pressures. The government has also better exploited electoral procedures than its opponents have. Hence, this article concludes by cautioning against thinking that democratization - or even meaningful political reform - will soon take place in Malaysia. (AJPS/DÜI)