Globalisation, culture & inequalities
Subtitle: in honour of the late Ishak Shari
By: edited by Abdul Rahman Embong.
Contributors: Abdul Rahman Embong.; Ishak Shari.
Edition: Cet. 1.
Series: Malaysian and international studies series; Siri kajian Malaysia dan antarabangsa.
Publisher: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bangi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Other titles: Globalisation, culture and inequalities
Description: Discourses of globalisation : Chap. 1; A world for all -- Chap. 2; Globalisation and the end of empire? -- Chap. 3; Globalisation debates -- Country responses to globalisation : Chap. 4; The problem of globalisation for Southeast Asian Countries -- Chap. 5; Globalisation, commodification and then reconstitution of class and gender -- Chap. 6; Globalisation and regionalism -- Income distribution, poverty and income inequality : Chap. 7; Explaining growth. poverty and distribution in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand -- Cap. 8; Human rights, poverty and the role of the State in Thailand -- Chap. 9; Income distribution and poverty eradication in Malaysia -- Chap. 10; Rural development and improving inequality -- Chap. 11; SMEs and the challenge of globalisation -- Chap. 12; Foreign labour in Malaysia manufacturing -- Chap. 13; Engaging globalization -- Knowledge, culture and politics : Chap. 14 Knowledge society and the knowledgr gap -- Chap. 15; Knowledge production and globalisation -- Chap. 16; Language, nationhood and globalisation -- Chap. 17; Development and democracy in Southeast Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-397) and index.