Abdillah Noh
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Contact
- workRoom EA41
Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga
43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia - work+60 3 8924 8129
- Abdillah.Noh@nottingham.edu.my
Biography
Abdillah Noh is an Associate Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations. He received his DPhil (Politics) from St. Antony's College, 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Oxford.
Abdillah has authored two books, the first is titled "Issues in Public Policy and Administration in Malaysia: An Institutional Analysis " and, his most recent book is on "Malaysia's State Formation: Small Steps and Large Outcomes of a Contested Leviathan," where he employs a blend of historical and rational institutional analysis to develop a framework that depicts the character of Malaysia's political economy. Abdillah is currently working on his third book titled Political Change in Southeast Asia, applying institutional analysis to understand the extent of political change and democratisation in selected Southeast Asian states. Abdillah has published articles in journals like Contemporary Politics, Electoral Politics, and the Journal of Policy History, as well as in the Critical Asian Studies commentary board. He has also written opinion pieces in the Straits Times (Singapore), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), New Straits Times (Malaysia), and Today (Singapore). Abdillah's work is available on his personal website at https://abdillahnoh.com.
Expertise Summary
Abdillah is interested in the quality of institutions and the nature of institutional change. He is interested in applying the tools of institutional analysis to examine seemingly eclectic issues ranging from state formation,democratisation and political change, public policy, economic diversification efforts to issues in international relations.
Teaching Summary
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Recent Publications
- ABDILLAH NOH and YASHAIYA, NADIA, 2023. When institutions ‘bite’: Malaysia’s flawed democratisation Contemporary politics.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2023. The South China Sea as Global Public Good Criticalasianstudies.org Commentary Board.
Given his training in public policy, political science, finance and economics, Abdillah has taught a number of courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. They include international studies, public policy and administration, introduction to politics, political economy of development, international political economy, international relations, comparative public policy, ASEAN country study, public sector economics as well as research methods in International Studies
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Abdillah applies the institutional analysis to understand state formation, political transition, international relations and governance, public participation, and policy design and implementation. His works probe issues of democratisation, public policy, and international relations, focusing on Southeast Asia.
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Abdillah is working on a book project on political change in Southeast Asia. He is also interested in the shifting international order and its impact on Southeast Asia. His research interest is in the following areas:
- Southeast Asia (Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Public Policy, and Governance)
- International relations, especially relating to international and regional governance
- Institutionalism / Institutional Analysis
- ABDILLAH NOH and YASHAIYA, NADIA, 2023. When institutions ‘bite’: Malaysia’s flawed democratisation Contemporary politics.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2023. The South China Sea as Global Public Good Criticalasianstudies.org Commentary Board.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2022. Transnationalism and Chinese Diaspora’s Struggle for Identity in British Malaya (1900- 1957) Akademika.
- YASHAIYA, NADIA and ABDILLAH NOH, 2022. Should heterogeneity matter? Evaluating public service motivation in a non-homogenous society. Intellectual Discourse.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2021. ASEAN’s role in the Myanmar Crisis: Averting a “Syrian Crisis” at its door? Criticalasianstudies.org Commentary Board.
- ABDILLAH NOH and YASHAIYA, NADIA, 2019. Persistence of Bureaucratic Representativeness: Identifying Antecedents to Representative Bureaucracy Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 41(4),
- ABDILLAH NOH and YASHAIYA, NADIA, 2018. In: ALI FARAZMAND, ed., Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance: Administrative Reform in Malaysia: Experimenting with Collaborative Governance
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2017. In: SAMI MAHROUM and YASSER AL-SALEH, eds., Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies: Economic diversification in Malaysia Timing, path dependence and increasing returns
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2014. Malay Nationalism: A Historical Institutional Explanation. Journal of Policy History.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2014. In: DALJIT SINGH, ed., Southeast East Asian Affairs 2014: Malaysia’s Dilemma: Economic Reforms but Politics Stay the Same Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
- ABDILLAH NOH, 2013. Malaysia’s 13th General Election: A Short Note on Malaysia’s Continuing Battle with Ethnic Politics Electoral Studies.
- RASIAH, RAJAH, ABDILLAH NOH and MAKMOR TUMIN, 2009. Privatising Healthcare in Malaysia: Power, Policy and Profits Journal of Contemporary Asia.
