National Identity, Language and Education in Malaysia: Search for a Middle Ground Between Malay Hegemony and Equality

ISBN-13: 9781138390782 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 206 str.

Noriyuki Segawa

Opis

This book explores the ways in which language and education policies have contributed to the development of national integration in Malaysia, by examining whether and how policies have succeeded in forming a middle ground.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 

2. Language and Education Policies: Shifting between Assimilation and Multiculturalism, 1957–present

3. Ethnic Politics, Electoral Bargaining and Negotiation 

4. The Nexus between Development Strategies and Fluctuating Policies 

5. Malay Preferential Policies and Nation-building 

6. Search for a Middle Ground: Soft Assimilation Language and Education Policies, 1960s–1980s 

7. Search for a Middle Ground: Accommodative Multiculturalism Language and Education Policies, 1990s–Present 

8. New Approach towards National Integration 

9. Conclusion

O autorze

Noriyuki Segawa is a Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Kindai University, Japan. His research interests are in nation-building in Malaysia and Fiji.