Awakening: The Abdullah Badawi Years in Malaysia

Edited by Bridget Welsh, Ung-Ho Chin

#620 pages

Tun Abdullah served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. better know as Pak Lah, he came in office with a huge mandate. In the 2004 General Election the ruling Barisan Nasional wonits best performance since 1969. 

more than thirty authors, Malaysians and non-Malaysians, give an assessment of the one-term Abdullah administration. the central theme of the book is the question: how did Tun Abdullah change the Malaysian political landscape? This volume offers a comprehensive glimpse of the Abdullah administration from both inside and outside the administration