Malaysian youth do have a long history of activism, either as youth or students, peaking in the 1960s-70s, or as citizens, including as part of Reformasi protests in the 1990s or the Bersih movement more recently. [...] ABIM: The pedigree of ABIM is much longer, dating back to the rise of dakwah activism in the early 1970s. [...] This focus for ABIM is part of a larger emphasis it shares with a cluster of fellow youth organisations on civic education to communicate a particular vision for the country – one of unity and cohesion rather than partisan tension. [...] This emphasis is not to understate or undervalue young people’s contributions to Malaysian electoral politics: to strengthening political parties, to get-out-the-vote efforts, to creative initiatives to detect electoral malfeasance and hold legislators accountable. [...] A specialist in the politics of Malaysia and Singapore, she is the author most recently of The Roots of Resilience: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia.
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