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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813445203321

Titolo

50 years of Malaysia : federalism revisited / / edited by Andrew J. Harding & James Chin ; contributors, Professor James Chin [and eight others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Marshall Cavendish Editions, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

981-4561-96-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

320.959

Soggetti

Central-local government relations - Malaysia

Central-local government relations - Malaysia - Malaya

Federal government - Malaysia

Federal government - Malaysia - Malaya

Malaysia Politics and government

Malaya Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FIFTY YEARSOF MALAYSIA~ reflections and unanswered questions ~; An interview withTAN SRI SIMON SIPAUN; An interview with DATO DR PETER MOONEY; FEDERATING FOR SURVIVAL; FEDERAL-EAST MALAYSIA RELATIONS; PROTECTION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF SABAH AND SARAWAK UNDER MALAYSIA'S FEDERAL SYSTEM; CONFUSION, COERCION AND COMPROMISE IN MALAYSIAN FEDERALISM; FIFTY YEARS OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTIN MALAYSIAN FEDERALISM; INDEX; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

On 16 September 1963 Malaysia came into being with the accession of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore to the existing Federation of Malaya. This book marks the 50th anniversary of this notable event in South East Asia's history. The focus of the book will be mainly on the experience of Sabah and Sarawak as subjects of the federation. It looks at the experience of federalism from a number of different perspectives, keeping in mind not just the effects of federalism on



Sabah and Sarawak but also the effects on the federation as a whole. Has the bargain of 1963 been adhered to? Has Malaysian federalis