Overview
- Explores the ‘behind the scenes’ politics of Malaysia industrial policy-making processes
- Analyses the political economy of Malaysia’s heavy industrialisation program from the perspective of policymakers
- Highlights Malaysia's unique industrial development strategy with its national car projects
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- The Role of Institutions
- Political Economy of Industrial Policy-making
- Malaysia Developmental State
- Institutional Arrangements
- Politics of Policy in Malaysia
- Malaysia First National Car
- Industrial Policy and Malaysia Politics
- Bumiputra and Industrialisation
- Proton Malaysia
- Malaysia Heavy Industrialisation
About this book
Allowing readers to understand the background to Malaysia’s heavy industrialisation programme and the birth of its national car projects, this book critically discusses the significance of institutional context in policy outcomes, and highlights how institutions and policies have impact growth or decline. It is a valuable resource relevant to analysts, researchers and students who are interested in the political economy of the national industrial policy and automotive industry in Malaysia and beyond.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Firdausi Suffian is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sabah Campus. He obtained his PhD from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2018. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy, specialising in policy analysis, from the Australia National University (ANU) and Crawford Schools of Economics and Government, and a Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Science (first class honours) from University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. His main research interests include various political-economics-related issues, such as the political economy of economic development, and the role of institutions and industrial policy. Firdausi is a visiting lecturer for the Asia-Pacific postgraduate programme at Mondragon University, Spain, and he was formerly a teaching assistant at the University of Bristol. Outside of academia, he has also served as a consultant to the United Nations Children’s Fund overseeing documented andundocumented children in Sabah in East Malaysia. He is also an Associate Research Fellow for Malaysia Institute of Economic Research one of the leading thinking tank group in Malaysia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Economy of Malaysia’s Industrial Policy
Book Subtitle: Institutional Capacity and the Automotive Industry
Authors: Firdausi Suffian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6901-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6900-9Published: 23 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6901-6Published: 22 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 131
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Industrial Organization, International Political Economy, Asian Economics