Ini merupakan rencana susulan kepada rencana yang memaparkan keberakhiran konsosiasionalisme—pemerintahan dalam masyarakat majmuk, di mana ia terdiri dari pakatan golongan elit dari kumpulan kaum masing-masing—Barisan Nasional, di mana konteks sejarah dan asas konsosiasionalism sehinggalah kepada detik-detik mencabar semasa perjuangan untuk kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu dijejak dengan mendalam, sambil itu mengkaji bagaimana ia bertahan ketika era 1950an dan 1960an yang penuh dengan cubaan.

This is an accompanying article to the feature article on the end of Barisan Nasional’s consociationalism - the rule, in a plural society, by an alliance of elites from respective ethnic groups - and traces in length the historical context and the foundation of consociationalism to the days of the struggle for Malayan independence, and examines how it survived the trials of the 1950s and 1960s.

How did Thailand’s newspaper public sphere go from an arena with critical reporting, where even the King engaged in public debate, to where it is now: heavily censored, with journalists fearful of reporting even on trivial matters?

A historical, cultural, and linguistic analysis of Kristang, a Portuguese-Malay creole that stems from Malacca’s globalised past but is struggling to survive in its globalising present.

Pilihanraya kerajaan tempatan merupakan satu aspek penting dalam politik Malaya pada tahun 1950an, tetapi ianya dimansuhkan pada tahun 1965. Kebangkitan semula demokrasi tempatan ini merupakan langkah pertama ke arah meningkatkan kebertanggungjawaban demokratik, ketelusan dan kejelasan dalam sistem politik.

The actual “Smart Nation” that Singaporeans live in is one where personal data is widely collected, inadequately protected, and easily misused; and the ruling elite benefits from keeping the public in a state of ignorance and apathy.

The unconstitutional and illegal redelineation of Malaysia’s constituencies will create an extremely unfair election and result in a Parliament that is unrepresentative of Malaysia’s people.

Contrary to the Prime Minister's stated position of "Live and Let Live", cradle to grave discrimination in Singapore results in gay men being economically poorer and less healthy, and consequently leading shorter and more impoverished lives.

Vietnamese artists like Truong Tan formed the vanguard of LGBTQ visibility in a country where “traditional customs” carry much weight.

How we imagine people—their capacities, values, and moral worth—shapes how we treat them. The myths, imaginations, and assumptions about poverty, wealth, welfare, and wellbeing in contemporary Singapore are important to confront because they affect how people are oriented to each other in society, how problems are defined and consequently how they are dealt with or overlooked.