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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820028003321

Titolo

The state of Malaysia : ethnicity, equity and reform / / edited by Edmund Terence Gomez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-32840-0

1-134-32841-9

1-280-06193-6

9786610061938

0-203-43175-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon Malaysian studies series ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

GomezEdmund Terence

Disciplina

959.505/4

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Malaysia

Islam and politics - Malaysia

Malaysia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with Malaysian Social Science Association (MSSA)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Politics, business, and ethnicity in Malaysia: a state in transition? / Edmund Terence Gomez -- Testing Malaysia's pseudo-democracy / William Case -- Transethnic solidarities, racialisation and social equality / Sumit K. Mandal -- The Internet, reformasi and democratisation in Malaysia / Jason P. Abbott -- Political crisis and reform in Malaysia / Claudia Derichs -- Real change?: elections in the reformasi era / Bridget Welsh -- Governance, affirmative action and enterprise development: ownership and control of corporate Malaysia / Lorraine Carlos Salazar -- Islamisation, patronage and political ascendancy: the politics and business of Islam  in Malaysia / Kikue Hamayotsu.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of the current state of Malaysia, looking at political developments and at governance, and discussing the impact of ethnicity, patronage and the reform movement.