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The challenge of ethnicity : building a nation in Malaysia / edited by Cheah Boon Kheng.
LIBRA DS597.2 .C43 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ethnic studies (Marshall Cavendish Academic)
- Ethnic studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Malaysia.
- Nationalism.
- Ethnicity--Malaysia.
- Ethnicity.
- Communalism--Malaysia.
- Communalism.
- Malaysia--Politics and government.
- Malaysia.
- Politics and government.
- Malaysia--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 170 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Building a nation in Malaysia
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004.
- Summary:
- Six faculty from the Universiti Sains Malaysia contribute six essays which were originally presented in a series of seminars at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang in 2002-2003. Focusing on the themes of ethnicity, national identity, and nationalism, they support findings from studies done in the 1960s and 1970s demonstrating that Malaysia's various ethnic communities remain distinct entities due to Malaysia's political structures and provisions in the country's constitution, and that this fosters "communalism," where every ethnic group works for its own self-interest. Communalism has determined the nature and form of Malaysia's nationhood, and is seen as central to the understanding of the emergent nationalism, politics, and multiculturalism of the country. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Racial Polarisation and Room-mate Choices Among University Students / Chan Huan Chiang 9
- Chapter 2 Ethnicity and Contesting Nationalisms in Malaysia / Cheah Boon Kheng 40
- Chapter 3 Ethnicity and the Transformation of the Ali-Baba Partnership in the Chinese Business Culture in Malaysia / Chin Yee Whah 54
- Chapter 4 Malaysian Multicultural Policy and Practices: Between Communalism and Consociationalism / Johan Saravanamuttu 89
- Chapter 5 Reading Between the Lines: UMNO, Malay Unity and the Others / Shakila Abdul Manan 115
- Chapter 6 The Politics of Communalism and Egalitarianism in Malaysia / Vejai Balasubramaniam 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9812102795
- OCLC:
- 57191130
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