Governments and Markets in East Asia examines the relationship between economic performance, elite co-operation, and political regime stability in the context of the Asian crisis, and argues that economic crisis is not the cause of greater political harmony or discord, but rather that it serves as a catalyst that may encourage elites to cooperate or conflict depending upon the particular circumstances at the time of crisis.
This book maintains that the political consequences of the Asian crisis varied according to the type of elite that existed in each stricken society....
Governments and Markets in East Asia examines the relationship between economic performance, elite co-operation, and political regime stab...
The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing issues it faces today. It includes coverage of:
the evolution of the system since independence, from the colonial legacy of national provision bequeathed from the British to the impact of the global ideological shift against statism in the 1980s
considers the responses of the Malaysian state and government policy
issues such as equity of provision, women's access to health care, HIV-AIDS...
The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and...
Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community.
In particular, the book explains why changes in patterns of political mobilization and the rhetoric of the dominant parties - particularly the PAS and UMNO - have been so limited, despite the overt and growing dissatisfaction shown by Malaysians with the state of their political system and the...
Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book expl...
Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades expanding its size, and 'modernising' and 'globalising' its built environment. For many people these changes represent 'progress' and 'development'. This book, however, focuses on the more marginalised residents of Kuala Lumpur. Among others, it considers street hawkers and vendors, refugees, the urban poor, religious minorities and a sexuality rights group, and explores how their everyday lives have been adversely affected by these recent changes. The book shows how urban...
Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades expanding its size, and 'modernisin...
"Provide[s] an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until the present"--Publisher's description.
"Provide[s] an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until...
As Malaysia's economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book traces the ways in which age-old organizational, political, religious and trade networks between Nusantara, the Malay World, and Central Asia, East Africa and the Middle East have changed in recent years. The book argues that these old links are being revived by new forms of globalization, modernization and knowledge transfer that are developing and implementing non-western models of governance, often in direct reference to Islam. The book goes on...
As Malaysia's economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book trac...
In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness.
In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalit...
The Asian economic crisis of 1997 to 1998 had a dramatic impact on the region's economies and its politics. This book is a comparative study of five countries' experiences, making important contributions to key theoretical debates on the relationship between economic performance and practical stability.
The Asian economic crisis of 1997 to 1998 had a dramatic impact on the region's economies and its politics. This book is a comparative study of five c...
The debate over how far governments should intervene in economies in order to promote economic growth, a debate which from the 1980s seemed settled in favour of the neo-liberal, non-interventionist consensus, has taken on new vigour since the financial crisis of 2008 and after. Some countries, most of them in industrialised Asia, have survived the crisis, and secured equitable economic growth, by adopting a developmental state model, whereby governments have intervened in their economies, often through explicit support for individual companies. This book explores debates about government...
The debate over how far governments should intervene in economies in order to promote economic growth, a debate which from the 1980s seemed settled...
