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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia :
Institute of Malaysian & International Studies,
[2014]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
ISBN: | 9789814517928 |