Misgovernance
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Misgovernance
This book unveils covert and deeply disturbing political-economic trends in Malaysia, necessitating an urgent re-think of the meaning of corruption. On offer are insights into the extensive abuse of power by governing elites who control government-linked companies (GLCs), contributing to grand corruption in numerous forms, including cronyism, collusion, selective patronage, embezzlement, and nepotism.
An analysis of a lengthy list of controversial government-business controversies between 1980 and 2023 indicates the presence of a covert and extremely powerful 'Political-GLC complex' controlled ultimately by the Cabinet. This long list of controversies, along with three case studies, provides insights into the intimate and illicit connections between governing elites and the businesses under their control.
From this book's insights into the inner workings of Malaysia's monstrously vast GLC ecosystem, one riddled with graft and political abuse, three major paradoxes emerge. First, what is in place is a deeply corrupted GLC ecosystem that can function legitimately. Second, the persistent rhetoric of government leaders has been of the need to tackle endemic corruption, a palatable statement for a nation deeply distressed about this debilitating problem. However, no politician, whether in government or in opposition, has called for the restructuring of this GLC ecosystem.
Third, power is overwhelmingly concentrated in the Cabinet which controls an ecosystem whose misuse can have major economic and political ramifications. Yet, legal avenues to curb misgovernance by ministers are inadequate.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9789815233919
Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 February 2025
Country: Singapore
Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 298g
Pages: 260
About the Author
Edmund Terence Gomez is former Professor of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He specialises in state-market relations and the linkages between politics, policies, and business development. He has also held appointments at the University of Leeds (England) and Murdoch University (Australia) and served as Visiting Professor at Kobe University (Japan) and at the Universities of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and California (San Diego) (United States). Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), in Geneva, Switzerland. Other academic appointments include Visiting Fellowships at the Australian National University, Canberra and at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark. His publications include Malaysia's Political Economy- Politics, Patronage and Profits (Cambridge University Press, 1997), Chinese Business in Malaysia- Accumulation, Ascendance, Accommodation (University of Hawaii Press, 1999), Political Business in East Asia (Routledge, 2002), The State of Malaysia- Ethnicity, Equity and Reform (Routledge, 2004), The State, Development and Identity in Multi-ethnic Countries- Ethnicity, Equity and the Nation (Routledge, 2008), The Politics of Resource Extraction- Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012), Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict (Routledge, 2013), Government-Linked Companies and Sustainable, Equitable Development (Routledge, 2014), Minister of Finance Incorporated- Ownership and Control of Corporate Malaysia (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2017), Malaysia's 14th General Election and UMNO's Fall- Intra-Elite Feuding and the Pursuit of Power (Routledge, 2019) and China in Malaysia- State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows
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