Globalization and social transformation in the Asia-Pacific : the Australian and Malayasian experience / edited by Claudia Tazreiter and Siew Yean Tham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tazreiter, Claudia, author, editor.

Tham, Siew Yean, author, editor.

Series:

Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Australia.

Globalization.

Social change--Australia.

Social change.

Social conditions.

Social policy.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Australia--Social policy.

Australia.

Australia--Social conditions--21st century.

Globalization--Social aspects--Malaysia.

Social change--Malaysia.

Malaysia--Social policy.

Malaysia.

Malaysia--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 267 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

"As the Asia-Pacific region develops in economic strength and influence in the twenty-first century, a deeper understanding of the differences and commonalities among the countries of this region is needed. Australia and Malaysia share the Asia-Pacific region with powerful neighbours such as China and Indonesia, as well as small fledgling democracies such as Timor Leste. This timely volume compares these two societies on key issues and tensions relating to globalization and social transformation, including foreign policy and national security; multiculturalism and citizenship; the middle class; global governance; migrants, human rights and international students. The contributors explore the contested and lively debates that emerge through the expanded mobility of ideas and people in this so-called 'Asian Century'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Globalization as Localized Experience, Adaptation and Resistance

an Introduction; Claudia Tazreiter and Tham Siew Yean

PART I: REGIONALISM, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

2. Regionalism and Democracy in Asia: the Australia-Malaysia Nexus; Benjamin Reilly

3. Malaysia's Approach to Asian Regionalism in the Context of Expanding Globalization; K.S. Nathan

4. Globalization Transforms the Broad Middle Class; Michael Pusey

5. Responding to Globalization and the State: Negotiations and Contestations by the Middle Class in Malaysia; Abdul Rahman Embong

6. Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia; Elizabeth Thurbon

7. Liberalization and Domestic Regulation in Malaysia's Services Sector: the Case of the Private Higher Education Sector; Tham Siew Yean

PART II: BELONGING, RIGHTS AND MIGRATION

8. Multiculturalism and Citizenship

the Malaysia Experience; Helen Ting

9. Multiculturalism and Citizenship

the Australian Experience; Geoffrey Brahm Levey

10. An Uncomfortable Fit: Australia's Refugee Policy in a Regional Context; Linda Bartolomei and Eileen Pittaway

11. Temporary, Precarious and Invisible Labour: Globalized Migrant Workers in Australia; Claudia Tazreiter

12. Irregular Migrants, Human Rights and Securitization in Malaysia: a Policy Perspective; A.K.M Ahsan Ullah

13. Gender Equality and the Regulation of Intimate Relations; Helen Pringle and Siti Muhammad

14. Reframing Gender: Civil Society and Dissent in Malaysia; Saskia Louise Scha;fer and Julian C.H. Lee

15. Globalization and Australian International Education; Rogelia Pe-Pua and Le Nhat Tran

16. Internationalization in Malaysia's Higher Education; Ragayah Haji Mat Zin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137298379

1137298375

OCLC:

858914441

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