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Transforming Malaysia : Dominant and Competing Paradigms /

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-r...

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Autres auteurs: Tham, Siew Yean (Éditeur intellectuel), Abdul Rahman Embong (Éditeur intellectuel), Milner, Anthony Crothers, 1945- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia : Institute of Malaysian & International Studies, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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 realisti.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9789814517928