Table of Contents

1. Population Trends and Patterns in Multi-racial Malaysia by Saw Swee Hock; 2. The Emerging Politics of Islam Hadhari by Terence Chong; 3. Bangsa Malaysia: Vision or Spin? by Ooi Kee Beng; 4. The 2004 Malaysian General Elections: Economic Development, Electoral Trends, and the Decline of the Opposition by Edmund Terence Gomez; 5. The UMNO-PAS Struggle: Explaining PAS' Defeat in 2004 by Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid; 6. The Malay Electorate in 2004: Reversing the 1999 Result? by John Funston; 7. UMNO and the Barisan Nasional: The Culture of Multilevel Identities by Zainal Kling; 8. Malaysia's Civil Service Reforms: Mahathir's Legacies and Abdullah's Challenges by Ho Khai Leong; 9. Reinventing Governance in Corporate Malaysia: Challenges Ahead by Farizal Razalli and Michael Yeoh; 10. Globalization and Educational Reform to Achieve National Cohesion by Lee Hock Guan; 11. Globalization and the Challenges Facing Malaysia's Economy by Denis Hew; 12. A Promising Start in Malaysia-Singapore Relations by K. Kesavapany.