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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783875903321

Autore

Chio Vanessa C. M. <1963->

Titolo

Malaysia and the development process [[electronic resource] ] : globalization, knowledge transfers and post colonial dilemmas / / Vanessa C.M. Chio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-135-93220-4

1-280-24345-7

9786610243457

0-203-32825-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Studies in international relations

Disciplina

330.9595

Soggetti

Malaysia Economic conditions

Malaysia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.219-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Terms; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Institutional Ethnography and Multivocality; Chapter Three Modernity and the International Management Gaze; Chapter Four Towards Vision 2020 and the New Malay[sian]; Chapter Five Quality in the Service of Development; Chapter Six Mediating Culture and Mediation by Culture; Chapter Seven Counter-Representations and Negotiations for Voice; Chapter Eight Discussion and Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on recent deconstructions in anthropology, postcolonial studies, and critical sociology, Malaysia and the Development Process situates and explores the phenomenon of international knowledge transfers within the context of globalization. Based on primary and secondary research, and a series of 'experiential' reflections, fieldwork was conducted in two foreign electronics multinationals and a variety of public and semi-public institutions. The findings reassess issues of



knowledge, power, subjectivity and agency, and the relations between the West and the non-West, as they are negotiated