Identity Politics and Elections in Malaysia and Indonesia: Ethnic Engineering in Borneo

ISBN-13: 9781138611085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 234 str.

Karolina Prasad

Opis

Focusing on Malaysia and Indonesia, this book traces the variations of ethnic identity by looking at electoral strategies in two sub-national units. Pushing the boundaries of qualitative research on Southeast Asian politics by placing formal institutions at the centre of its analysis, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Politics, Race and Ethnic Studies, and International Relations.

Spis treści

1. Theories, Institutions and Ethnicity 2. Sarawak: Institutional and Historical Overview 3. Ethnic Identity Change in a Consociational Polity 4. Institutional and Historical Overview 5. Identity Activation in the New Institutional Setting 6: Sarawak and West Kalimantan: A Comparison

O autorze

Karolina Prasad gained a PhD from Hamburg University, Germany, in 2013, after carrying out extensive research in Borneo. She also graduated with an M.A. in Political Science from Warsaw University, Poland, in 2006.