Index

Pandemic, Politics, and a Fairer Society in Southeast Asia: A Malaysian Perspective

ISBN: 978-1-80455-589-7, eISBN: 978-1-80455-588-0

Publication date: 20 July 2023

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(2023), "Index", Shukri, S. (Ed.) Pandemic, Politics, and a Fairer Society in Southeast Asia: A Malaysian Perspective (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-588-020231017

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Copyright © 2023 Syaza Shukri


INDEX

Administrations
, 40

Advocacy
, 73

Agricultural products
, 119

Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid
, 45

Al-Ghazali
, 90

Al-Sultan Abdullah
, 24

All-economic sectors (AES)
, 129

Alliance of Hope
, 100

Amanah
, 143, 146

America First’ policy
, 198

Anwar Ibrahim
, 46, 59, 102, 209

Approval rating
, 104

Aquinas, Thomas
, 90

Aristotle
, 90, 93

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
, 62

Artificial intelligence
, 213

ASEAN Plus Three programme (APT programme)
, 10

Asian financial crisis
, 100

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
, 60, 196

Aung San Suu Kyi
, 30

Authoritarian populism
, 47

Authoritarian regimes
, 22

Backdoor’ government
, 200

Bahasa Melayu
, 44

Barangay tanods
, 62

Barisan Nasional (BN)
, 10, 100, 143, 209

Bayanihan to Heal as One Act
, 25

Belt Road Initiative (BRI)
, 200

Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency)
, 120

Bersatu
, 118

Black Death
, 1

Bluezone
, 30

BruHealth
, 30

Brunei
, 26–27

Buddhism
, 75

Bureau of Fire Protection
, 62

Bureaucracy
, 40

Cambodia
, 4

Capital Grant for Business (BPUM)
, 74

Catholicism
, 75

Centre For A Better Tomorrow (Cenbet)
, 62

Child Act (2001)
, 165

Child development
, 160, 162, 165, 175

Child marriage
, 166

Child poverty
, 175

in developed and developing countries
, 160–163

issues and challenges
, 174–176

in Malaysia
, 163–165

past and current policy measures
, 165–174

Child Protection Act (1991)
, 165

Child Protection Policy, The
, 165

Childhood deprivation
, 161

Childhood poverty
, 168

China
, 196–197

COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy race in Southeast Asia
, 196–200

seeking global influence in post-pandemic era
, 202–203

vaccine diplomacy in Malaysia
, 200–201

Chinese community
, 143, 150

Chinese vaccine producers
, 197

Chinese voters
, 146, 149–150

Civil–military relations
, 56–59

Coalition party
, 141

Communicable Disease Act
, 23

Communications and Multimedia Act of 1998
, 27

Communist China
, 6

Comprehensive Plan for Action (2021–2025)
, 196

Comprehensive strategic partnership
, 196n1

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
, 104

Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO)
, 61

Conformism of COVID-19 responses
, 31–32

Confucianism
, 75

Conservative-liberalism
, 84

Contact tracing
, 2, 117

Contagious diseases
, 117

Conventional approach
, 163

Coronavirus (COVID-19)
, 40, 70, 86–90, 116, 180, 209–210, 212

impact of
, 210

China
, 196–197

electoral study on 2021 Malacca state election during
, 145–148

government’s policies towards gender issues during COVID-19
, 184–185

health crisis
, 209

Indonesian religious institutions and society empowerment programme during
, 75–78

in Malaysia
, 118–121

Malaysian women and political crisis amidst
, 182–183

measures
, 23

National Immunisation Programme
, 200

outbreak
, 116, 194

pandemic
, 1, 21–22, 56, 196, 213

Performance Index
, 117

public opinion polls during
, 109–111

public responses toward government’s policies on gender issues during COVID-19
, 185–186

Russia
, 197–198

in Southeast Asia
, 7–10

USA
, 198–200

vaccine diplomacy race in Southeast Asia
, 196

vaccines
, 194, 198

on Women and Politics
, 181–182

women political leadership during COVID-19 pandemic
, 183–184

Critical discourse analysis (CDA)
, 56

Critical juncture
, 182

Decision-making process
, 181

Delineation process (2002)
, 141

Delta variant
, 22

Democracy
, 21, 100

in Southeast Asia during pandemic
, 22–23

Democratic Action Party (DAP)
, 142–143

Deprivation
, 175

Detecting of cases
, 2

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
, 100

Dharma
, 91

Disease
, 73

alert phase
, 118

early containment phase
, 118

four phases of
, 118

late containment phase
, 118

mitigation phase
, 118

Disinformation
, 27

Duterte, Rodrigo
, 41–43, 48, 59–60, 62

Ebola
, 182

Economic insecurity
, 73

Economic Planning Unit (EPU)
, 164

Economic responses
, 126–128

Economic stability
, 42

Economic stimulus package
, 121, 129

Education
, 73

Eid al-Fitr
, 75

Election
, 29–30

Elections
, 100

Electoral politics
, 148

Electoral process
, 183

Electoral study on 2021 Malacca state election during COVID-19
, 145–148

Electricity Subsidy
, 74

Emergency decrees
, 23–26

Emergency Ordinance 2021
, 61

Empowerment
, 72–74

Endemic
, 73

Enforced movement control order (EMCO)
, 61, 120

Enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)
, 25, 42, 62

Environmental degradation
, 73

Environmental insecurity
, 73

Equitable access to vaccine
, 198

Essential products
, 119

Ethnonationalism
, 45

External missions
, 58

Facebook (Social media platforms)
, 121, 186

Family Hope Programme (PKH)
, 74

Fascist
, 86, 89

Federal Constitution
, 141

15th General Election (GE15)
, 46

Freedo conformism m of opinion and expression
, 27–28

Freedom of assembly and association
, 28–29

Frontliners
, 57, 60, 200

14th general elections (GE14)
, 104

in Malaysia
, 104–108

G7 (multilateral framework)
, 198

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (Coalition party)
, 141

Gender issues during COVID-19, public responses toward government’s policies on
, 185–186

General community quarantine (GCQ)
, 62

General will
, 91

Global disruptions of public’s thoughts
, 84–86

Global Health Diplomacy
, 198

Global influence in post-pandemic era, seeking
, 202–203

Global Positioning System (GPS)
, 30

Global South
, 212

Governments
, 163, 180–181, 183

approach
, 175

policies towards gender issues during COVID-19
, 184–185

public responses toward government’s policies on gender issues during COVID-19
, 185–186

H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009
, 1–2

Habermas–Foucault debates
, 84

Health emergencies
, 57–59

Health insecurity
, 73

Health security
, 73–74

Hegemonic liberal-capitalist system
, 86

Hinduism
, 75

Household products
, 119

Human Development Report (1994)
, 72

Human rights
, 21

conformism and securitisation of COVID-19 responses
, 31–32

impact on
, 27–31

legal measures
, 23–26

public trust and democracy in Southeast Asia during pandemic
, 22–23

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, The (SUHAKAM)
, 186

Human security
, 72

Indonesian religious institutions and society empowerment programme during COVID-19
, 75–78

perspective
, 72–74

Humanitarian Jihad principle
, 78

Hun Sen government
, 25

Ibrahim Suffian
, 108

ILHAM Centre
, 103, 106

Immigration Act
, 25

Inclusive growth
, 8

Inclusive public policies
, 212

Income deprivation
, 174

Income-based approaches
, 160

India
, 161

Indonesia
, 2, 70

Indonesian religious institutions
, 75–78

Indonesian Tablighi Jamaat group
, 75

Indonesian Ulema Council
, 75

Infectious Diseases Act
, 25–26

Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)
, 60

Internal missions
, 58

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
, 101

International organizations
, 180

International Republican Institute (IRI)
, 110

Internet Assistant
, 74

INVOKE
, 103, 106–107

INVOKE Malaysia
, 107

IPSOS
, 103

Islam
, 75

Islamic communities
, 72

Islamic institutions
, 74

Islamic Strategic Studies of Malaysia (IKSIM)
, 44–45

Islamist populism
, 44

Ismail Sabri Yaakob
, 11, 45

Jakarta
, 71

Johor state election, The
, 140

Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield (JTF COVID Shield)
, 62

Kajidata
, 103

Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita Keluarga Malaysia (KPWKM)
, 166

Khairuddin Aman Razali
, 44

Lao
, 198–199

LaoKYC
, 30

Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB)
, 24

Leverage stereotypical feminine traits
, 181

Liberal capitalism
, 84

Libertarianism
, 84

Loan Deferral
, 74

Lockdowns
, 22, 116

Mahathir Mohamad
, 10, 59, 102

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI)
, 75

Major powers
, 196

Maklumat
, 77

Malacca political landscape Before 2021 state election
, 141–145

Malacca State Assembly
, 143

Malacca state election, The (2021)

electoral study on 2021 Malacca State Election during COVID-19
, 145–148

Malacca political landscape before 2021 state election
, 141–145

observation of election
, 148–150

Malaysia
, 1–2, 22, 56, 140–141, 144, 209–210

child poverty in
, 163–165

China’s vaccine diplomacy in
, 200–201

COVID-19 in
, 118–121

future of populism in
, 45–48

GE14 in
, 104–108

government
, 184

lessons from
, 10–12

measures
, 3

opinion polls in
, 101–103

political crisis
, 4

political turmoil
, 182

populism
, 44–45

populist leaders in
, 40

Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF)
, 61

Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
, 201

Malaysian electoral landscape, The
, 142

Malaysian government
, 209–210

Malaysian political landscape, The
, 141

Malaysian political parties
, 46

Malaysian politics
, 183

Malaysian women and political crisis amidst COVID-19
, 182

Masculine political performance
, 41

Material well-being
, 175

Media freedom
, 27–28

Medical populism
, 42

Merdeka Center
, 102–103, 105, 108

Merdeka Center for Opinion Research
, 102

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
, 1, 117

Middle-way methodology
, 90

Military
, 61–64

Military coup in Myanmar
, 8

Ministry of Health
, 30, 118–120

Ministry of International Trade and Industry
, 119

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
, 200

Misinformations
, 27

Modern-liberalism
, 84

Modernism
, 84, 90

Modernist trends amongst public in Southeast Asia
, 86–88

Modified ECQ (MECQ)
, 62

Mor Channa
, 30

Movement control order (MCO)
, 9, 24, 59–60, 104, 119, 182

Muafakat Nasional (MN)
, 148

Mudik
, 75–76

Muhammadiyah
, 75, 78

Muhyiddin Yassin
, 3, 10–11, 29, 44, 59

Multidimensional child poverty
, 163

Multidimensional poverty
, 174

Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
, 163

Mutually exclusive frameworks
, 90

Myanmar
, 4

MySejahtera
, 30

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)
, 75

Najib Abdul Razak
, 106

Najib Tun Razak
, 45

Narrative analysis
, 5

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
, 162

National Child Protection Policy (2009)
, 165

National Council for Children
, 165

National resilience and preparedness
, 57

National security
, 58

National Security Council
, 119

National Strategic Plan
, 185

National Strategy Plan in Handling the Causes of Child Marriage
, 166

National Task Force (NTF)
, 60

National transformation policy (NTP)
, 166, 158

National vaccination programme
, 201

National Voluntary Report (NVR)
, 164

Natural disaster
, 73

Natural Disaster Management Law
, 28

Natural Management Law
, 26

New economic policy (NEP)
, 164

New Straits Times (NST)
, 165

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 73, 165

Non-income deprivation
, 174

Novel coronavirus
, 116

Occidental/Christian scholarships
, 90

Online Falsehood and Manipulation Act
, 27

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 162

Oriental/Islamic scholarships
, 90

Outline perspective plan (OPP)
, 164, 166

Overpromising and underdelivering
, 198

Pakatan Harapan (PH)
, 44, 100, 183, 209

administration
, 2

government
, 168, 184

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
, 142

Pandemic
, 73, 160, 164, 174

era
, 84–86

response
, 56, 61–64

Parental characteristics
, 160–161

Paris-based IPSOS Group
, 110

Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)
, 118

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
, 143, 183

Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (political party)
, 183n2

Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu-lead Sarawakbased parties
, 141

Pasaways
, 32

Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PPA)
, 29

PeduliLindungi
, 117

Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB)
, 71

Penang election (2008)
, 144

People’s Action Party (PAP)
, 29

Perikatan Nasional (PN)
, 44, 109

Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
, 30

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
, 77

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
, 200

in Asia
, 87

Pharmaceutical products
, 119

Philippine National Police (PNP)
, 62

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
, 161

Philippines

Coast Guard
, 62

Congress
, 43

future of populism in
, 45–48

populism
, 41–43

populist leaders in
, 40

PKH Rice Assistance
, 74

Police Act (1967)
, 119

Policy evaluation
, 176

Policy measures of Child poverty
, 165–174

Political instability
, 1–2

Political parties
, 102

Political support
, 6

Political tsunami
, 144

Politics, COVID-19 on
, 181–182

Pollution
, 73

Populism
, 40

future
, 45–48

Malaysia
, 44–45

Philippines
, 41–43

Populist leaders
, 40

Post-modernism
, 84, 90

Post-modernist trends amongst the public in Southeast Asia
, 88–90

Post-pandemic cooperation
, 202

Post-pandemic era, seeking global influence in
, 202–203

Poverty
, 73

Poverty alleviation policies
, 160

Prakerja Programme
, 74

Prayut Chan-o-cha
, 32

Pre-pandemic era
, 84

Predictability of polls
, 104–108

Prevention & Control of Infectious Diseases Act (1988)
, 119

Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law
, 26, 28

Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (1988)
, 129

PRIHATIN economic stimulus package
, 119

Prihatin Rakyat economic stimulus package
, 119

Prime Minister (PM)
, 59

Privacy
, 30–31

Profit
, 86

Protection
, 72–74

Protestantism
, 75

Public Assembly Act
, 28

Public health
, 58

policy
, 117

Public health communicators
, 5

Public opinion polls
, 101

contents and methodology on
, 103–104

during COVID-19 pandemic
, 109–111

in Malaysia
, 101–103

Public Order Act
, 27

Public perception
, 118

COVID-19 in Malaysia
, 118–121

of Malaysian government management
, 118

methodology
, 121

results
, 122–129

Public policies
, 12

Public trust
, 21–22, 117

in government institutions
, 3

in Southeast Asia during pandemic
, 22–23

Quad (multilateral framework)
, 198

Quarantine
, 6

Quarantining of contacts
, 2

Rakyat
, 46

Ramadhan fasting
, 75

Recovery MCO (RMCO)
, 61

Reformasi movement
, 102

Regional epidemic
, 4

Relational well-being
, 175

Religious institutions
, 76–77

Research-based knowledge
, 162

Rights-based approaches
, 160

Rohingyas
, 45

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
, 91–92

Royal Malaysia Police (RMP)
, 61

Russia
, 196–198

Sabah State Election (2020)
, 145

SafeEntry
, 30

Schooling assistance programme
, 168

Securitisation
, 56–57

of COVID-19 in Indonesia
, 70

of COVID-19 responses
, 31–32

pandemic
, 59–61

Self-selecting sampling technique
, 121

Sembako Card
, 74

Semi-enhanced MCO (SEMCO)
, 61

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
, 1, 117

Shared prosperity vision
, 166

Sheraton Move
, 3, 10

Shukri Shuib
, 44

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
, 129

Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM)
, 129

Singapore
, 2, 22, 56, 87, 139

Sinopharm (Chinese vaccine maker)
, 195

Sinovac vaccine
, 201

Slum children
, 161–162

Small medium enterprises (SMEs)
, 129

Social media platforms
, 121, 186

Social policy
, 162

Social regulation
, 129

Socialisation
, 73

Society empowerment programme
, 75–78

Soft coup
, 2

Southeast Asia
, 56–59, 209–210

COVID-19 in
, 7–10

COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy race in
, 196–200

modernist trends amongst public in
, 86–88

post-modernist trends amongst the public in
, 88–90

public trust and democracy in Southeast Asia during pandemic
, 22–23

Southeast Asian countries
, 117

Southeast Asian region, The
, 116

Southeast Asian societies
, 211

Spanish flu pandemic (1918)
, 1

Sputnik moment’ for Russians
, 194

Standard operating procedure (SOP)
, 119

State Election (2021)
, 145

State of emergency (SOE)
, 23

State of Emergency Decree
, 28

State of Public Health Emergency
, 24–25

Strategic policy initiatives
, 162

Stringent policies
, 117

Subjective well-being
, 175

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
, 163

Surge capacity
, 5

Surveillance
, 30–31

Sustainability
, 134

Sweden
, 6

Syed Arabi Idid
, 101–102

Talian Kasih (Government’s careline)
, 184

Tan Sri Muhyiddin
, 44

Tax and income-based methods
, 168

Technology
, 213

Temporary laws
, 23–26

Thai Channa
, 30

Thailand
, 28, 117, 162, 210

The Emergency (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment) Ordinance
, 61

13th general elections (GE13)
, 105

Timor-Leste
, 26

TraceTogether
, 30

Trust in government
, 4–7

Twitter (Social media platforms)
, 121, 186

Unemployment
, 73

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
, 195

United Kingdom (UK)
, 194

United Malay National Organization (UMNO)
, 11, 89, 118, 141, 149, 211

United Nation Children’s Fund (Unicef)
, 163

United Nations, The
, 180

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, The (UNCRC)
, 160, 165

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
, 72

United States
, 139

Unity government
, 209

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
, 101

University of Malaya (UM)
, 101

USA
, 196, 198–200

Vaccination
, 87

Vaccine diplomacy
, 194, 202

Vaccine diplomacy race
, 195

Vaccine inequality
, 194

Vaccine nationalism
, 196

Vaccine powers
, 196

Vaccines
, 87

Vietnam
, 22

Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
, 198

Vietnamese government
, 25–26

Village Cash Transfer Programme (BLT-DD)
, 74

Voluntary National Review (VNR)
, 160

War analogies
, 56

Wasatiyyah
, 90

Westminster system
, 140

WhatsApp
, 121

Win Myint
, 30

Women
, 184

COVID-19 on
, 181–182

political leadership during COVID-19 pandemic
, 183–184

Women Policy Agency (WPA)
, 184

World Bank
, 110

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 1, 70, 116, 120, 180, 194, 199

Worldwide pandemic
, 4

YouGov
, 103

Zero-COVID policy
, 6

Zika outbreak of 2015
, 1, 182