Political Economy of Malaysia’s Industrial Policy

Firdausi Suffian is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sabah Campus. He obtained his PhD from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2018. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy, specialising in policy analysis, from the Australia National University (ANU) and Crawford Schools of Economics and Government, and a Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Science (first class honours) from University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. His main research interests include various political-economics-related issues, such as the political economy of economic development, and the role of institutions and industrial policy. Firdausi is a visiting lecturer for the Asia-Pacific postgraduate programme at Mondragon University, Spain, and he was formerly a teaching assistant at the University of Bristol. Outside of academia, he has also served as a consultant to the United Nations Children’s Fund overseeing documented andundocumented children in Sabah in East Malaysia. He is also an Associate Research Fellow for Malaysia Institute of Economic Research one of the leading thinking tank group in Malaysia.

Introduction.- Theoretical framework.- Malaysia automotive policy and industrial policy.- The political economy of the national car project.- Political economy analysis of the national automotive industry.- Conclusion.