00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861906873 Buklod 20130123105837.0 g||| | || || ta 130123s2009 xx d r |||| u| 9789833782789 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00009830097 BAG rda eng HN 700.6 Z9 M85 Multiethnic Malaysia past, present, and future edited by Lim Teck Ghee, Alberto Gomes, Azly Rahman. Selangor, Malaysia Strategic Information and Research Development Centre and MiDAS@UCSI University c2009. xxv, 530 pages illustrations, map 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. Historical roots of identity in Malaysia -- pt. 2. Politics, economics, culture and identity -- pt. 3. Education, culture and identity -- pt. 4. Marginalised communities, marginalised identities -- pt. 5. Future prospects. A survey of the interaction of race, ethnicity, nationalism and politics in Malaysia. It examines the historical roots of national and ethnic identity, the sources of conflict and social cohesion, and contemporary manifestations of ethnic tension and solidarity in areas such as economic policy, cultural politics, education and migration. In doing so, the contributors delineate a variety of possible paths to reconciliation and the construction of a genuinely multiethnic society.--From publisher description. Cultural pluralism Malaysia. Malaysians Ethnic identity. Malaysia Ethnic relations. Malaysia Social conditions. Lim, Teck Ghee editor. Gomes, Alberto G. 1954- editor. Rahman, Azly editor. Malaysian Institute of Development and Asian Studies. Strategic Info Research Development. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HN 700.6 Z9 M85 Book