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Record Nr.

UNISA996226149503316

Titolo

Social movements in Malaysia : from moral communities to NGOs / / edited by Meredith L. Weiss and Saliha Hassan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-78898-7

1-135-78899-5

1-138-87903-7

1-280-02158-6

0-203-22049-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 227 p

Altri autori (Persone)

WeissMeredith L <1972-> (Meredith Leigh)

HassanSaliha <1949->

Disciplina

303.48/4/09595

Soggetti

Social movements - Malaysia

Non-governmental organizations - Malaysia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction: from moral communities to NGOs / MEREDITH L. WEISS -- chapter 1 Malaysian NGOs: history, legal framework and characteristics / MEREDITH L. WEISS -- chapter 2 The women's movement in peninsular Malaysia, 1900-99: a historical analysis / LAI SUAT YAN -- chapter 3 Complex configurations: the Women's Agenda for Change and the Women's Candidacy Initiative / PATRICIA A. MARTINEZ -- chapter 4 Islamic non-governmental organisations / SALIHA HASSAN -- chapter 5 The environmental movement in Malaysia / SUNDARI RAMAKRISHNA -- chapter 6 The Malaysian human rights movement / MEREDITH L. WEISS -- chapter 7 Non-governmental organisations in Sarawak / FADZILAH MAJID COOKE -- chapter 8 The peace movement and Malaysian foreign and domestic policy / FAN YEW TENG.

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the proliferation in Malaysia over the past two decades of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) associated with various social movements, both to provide basic information about the NGOs and social movements, and to discuss their role in the



development of civil society generally in particular their contribution to the reform movement, which has been gathering strength since 1998. The book discusses the nature and development of the movements, and shows that those movements concerned with human rights and women's issues have made significant contributions to the reform movement and been irrevocably changed by their involvement in it.