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Titolo |
Transforming Malaysia : dominant and competing paradigms / / edited by Anthony Milner, Abdul Rahman Embong, Tham Siew Yean |
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Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
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Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia : , : Institut Kajian Malaysia dan Antarabangsa, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Malaysia Race relations |
Malaysia Politics and government |
Malaysia Economic policy |
Malaysia Foreign relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This book is based on a research project that was initiated and sponsored by the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies"--Page 2. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Race and its competing paradigms / Anthony Milner and Helen Ting -- Knowledge construction, the rakyat paradigm and Malaysia's social cohesion / Abdul Rahman Embong -- Race paradigm and nation-building in Malaysia / Helen Ting -- Race-based paradigm in poverty eradication and income distribution analysis and policy / Ragayah Haji Mat Zin -- Foreign workers in Malaysia in the post-independence era / Azizah Kassim -- Trade policy formulation in Malaysia / Tham Siew Yean -- National security conceptions and foreign policy behaviour / K.S. Nathan. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the wake of Malaysia's 13th General Election some commentators speak of a sharpening of ethnic politics - with Prime Minister Najib blaming a "Chinese tsunami" for his government's polling setbacks; others are optimistic about the arrival of a new "non-racialized form of politics" and the emergence of "transethnic solidarity". This book, which engages with both the race paradigm and its opponents, warns that change is likely to come slowly - but is not impossible. Malaysia's race paradigm is a man-made ideological construct - one that has been |
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