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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There฀are฀many฀people฀whom฀I฀must฀thank฀for฀their฀various฀forms฀of฀assistance ฀during฀the฀creation฀of฀this฀book.฀I฀would฀like฀to฀thank฀Douglas฀Lewis,฀ Andrew฀Dawson,฀Anthony฀Marcus,฀Thomas฀Reuter,฀and฀two฀anonymous฀ reviewers฀ for฀ their฀ comments฀ on฀ drafts฀ of฀ this฀ text.฀ I฀ would฀ also฀ like฀ to฀ thank฀ Richard฀ Sutcliffe,฀ Claire฀ Knowles,฀ Simone฀ Blair,฀ and฀ Tanya฀ King,฀ who฀amongst฀other฀things,฀commented฀on฀chapters฀of฀this฀book. There฀ are฀ many฀ people฀ in฀ Malaysia฀ I฀ must฀ thank฀ for฀ their฀ assistance฀ in฀my฀research.฀Amongst฀these฀are฀Abdul฀Mohaimin฀Ayus,฀Abdul฀Rahman฀ Othman,฀ Ann฀ James,฀ Augustine฀ Julian,฀ Chua฀ Siew฀ Eng,฀ Edmund฀ Bon,฀ Elizabeth฀Wong,฀Eric฀Paulsen,฀Haris฀bin฀Mohamed฀Ibrahim,฀Irene฀Xavier,฀ Jahaberdeen฀YM฀Mohamed฀Yunoos,฀Khalid฀Jaafar,฀Kua฀Kia฀Soong,฀Latheefa฀ Koya,฀ Leonard฀ Teoh,฀ Malik฀ Imtiaz฀ Sarwar,฀ Moganambal฀ Murugappan,฀ Masjaliza฀Hamzah,฀Mustapha฀Ma,฀S.฀Nagarajan,฀Norani฀Othman,฀Norhayati฀ Kaprawi,฀ Father฀ O.C.฀ Lim,฀ P.฀ Uthayakumar,฀ Patricia฀ Martinez,฀ Salbiah฀ Ahmad,฀Shanon฀Shah,฀Sharmila฀Sekaran,฀Sivarasa฀Rasiah,฀Sonia฀Randhawa,฀ Sumit฀Mandal,฀Syed฀Husin฀Ali,฀Said฀Zahari,฀Xavier฀Jayakumar,฀Yeoh฀Seng฀ Guan฀and฀Zaitun฀“Toni”฀Kasim.฀Thanks฀must฀also฀go฀to฀the฀staff฀of฀Daim฀ and฀ Gamany฀ (advocates฀ and฀ solicitors),฀ Sisters฀ in฀ Islam,฀ Suara฀ Rakyat฀ Malaysia,฀and฀these฀organizations’฀staff฀for฀the฀various฀forms฀of฀assistance฀ they฀kindly฀gave฀to฀me.฀฀ Thanks฀ must฀ go฀ to฀ my฀ parents฀ Lee฀ Eng฀ Hua฀ and฀ Barbara฀ Lee฀ and฀ likewise฀ must฀ I฀ thank฀ my฀ brother฀ Marcus฀ and฀ his฀ wife฀ Elizabeth฀ Miller.฀ And฀thanks฀are฀also฀owed฀to฀Sarah฀Thwaites฀for฀her฀editorial฀assistance฀and฀ all฀the฀support฀and฀encouragement฀needed฀for฀completing฀this฀book. The฀completion฀of฀this฀book฀was฀made฀possible฀by฀a฀Fellowship฀from฀ the฀ Economic฀ and฀ Social฀ Research฀ Council฀ (U.K.)฀ which฀ I฀ spent฀ in฀ the฀ School฀ of฀ Anthropology฀ and฀ Conservation,฀ University฀ of฀ Kent฀ in฀ 2009.฀ The฀initial฀research฀was฀made฀possible฀by฀an฀Australian฀Postgraduate฀Award฀ that฀supported฀me฀throughout฀my฀Ph.D.฀studies฀which฀I฀undertook฀at฀the฀ School฀of฀Anthropology,฀Geography฀and฀Environmental฀Studies,฀University฀ 00 I&AM Prelims.indd 9 4/22/10 9:28:18 AM x฀ Contents of฀Melbourne฀between฀2003฀and฀2006.฀Subsequent฀research฀was฀undertaken฀ in฀2007฀and฀2008฀while฀I฀was฀a฀lecturer฀in฀the฀School฀of฀Arts฀and฀Social฀ Sciences,฀Monash฀University,฀and฀in฀2009,฀while฀a฀fellow฀at฀the฀International฀ Institute฀of฀Asian฀Studies฀(IIAS).฀My฀thanks฀go฀to฀all฀the฀institutions฀that฀ supported฀ me฀ in฀ the฀ course฀ of฀ the฀ making฀ of฀ this฀ book.฀Thanks฀ also฀ go฀ to฀ Südostasian฀ Aktuell฀ for฀ permission฀ to฀ reprint฀ portions฀ of฀ my฀ article,฀ “Barisan฀Nasional฀Political฀Dominance฀and฀the฀General฀Elections฀of฀2004฀ in฀Malaysia”฀(no.฀2฀[2007]:฀39–66).฀These฀portions฀appear฀in฀Chapters฀2฀ and฀8฀of฀this฀book. x฀ Acknowledgements 00 I&AM Prelims.indd 10 4/22/10 9:28:18 AM ...

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