Being Malaysia
Title | Being Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Sim |
Publisher | |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Malaysia |
ISBN | 9789832221081 |
Malaysia
Title | Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | Cheah Boon Kheng |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789812301758 |
Focuses on Malaysia's four Prime Ministers as nation-builders, observing that each one of them when he became Prime Minister was transformed from being the head of the Malay party, UMNO, to that of the leader of a multi-ethnic nation. Each began his political career as an exclusivist Malay nationalist but became an inclusivist.
Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia
Title | Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | Frederik Holst |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136330593 |
This book is the first monograph to provide an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until the present. In his analysis, the author takes multiple layers of ethnicization into account and shows how these have shaped Malaysia’s socio-political system and society in different ways. Moving beyond a center-focused, top-down-oriented perception of identity politics, this work highlights on the one hand the role and position of a multitude of actors - from grassroots level to mainstream politics - who contribute to the persistence of ethnicization in Malaysia in numerous ways. On the other hand, it also shows where and under which circumstances possibilities for transethnic cooperation arise. A multi-disciplinary approach, substantiated by empirical data based on qualitative and quantitative methodologies, provides a perspective that moves beyond stereotypical narrations of Malaysia as being constituted by mainly three separate, homogenous groups. At the same time, this book gives a detailed and comprehensive account of political and historical developments and constitutes a rich resource for any Malaysia-related research. While the focus of this publication lies on Malaysia, the concept of manifestations and implementations of ethnicization provides an analytical framework that can also be applied in the study of ethnicization and identity construction elsewhere in the region and beyond.
The Weight of Our Sky
Title | The Weight of Our Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Hanna Alkaf |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2021-04-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1534426094 |
Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother.
Malaysia's Original People
Title | Malaysia's Original People PDF eBook |
Author | Kirk Endicott |
Publisher | NUS Press |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2015-11-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9971698617 |
The Malay-language term for the indigenous minority peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, “Orang Asli”, covers at least 19 culturally and linguistically distinct subgroups. This volume is a comprehensive survey of current understandings of Malaysia’s Orang Asli communities (including contributions from scholars within the Orang Asli community), looking at language, archaeology, history, religion and issues of education, health and social change, as well as questions of land rights and control of resources. Until about 1960 most Orang Asli lived in small camps and villages in the coastal and interior forests, or in isolated rural areas, and made their living by various combinations of hunting, gathering, fishing, agriculture, and trading forest products. By the end of the century, logging, economic development projects such as oil palm plantations, and resettlement programmes have displaced many Orang Asli communities and disrupted long-established social and cultural practices. The chapters in the present volume show Orang Asli responses to the challenges posed by a rapidly changing world. The authors also highlight the importance of Orang Asli studies for the anthropological understanding of small-scale indigenous societies in general.
Doing Business 2020
Title | Doing Business 2020 PDF eBook |
Author | World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2019-11-21 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1464814414 |
Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.
Transforming Malaysia
Title | Transforming Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Milner |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2014-02-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9814517917 |
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 contested in the past, and could realistically be contested in the future. In confronting the continuing challenge of globalization, Malaysians should not neglect the history of ideas — and ideology — as they search for new options.