Malaysia in the world economy, 1824-2011
Subtitle: capitalism, ethnic divisions, and "managed" democracy
By: Azlan Tajuddin
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739171967; 9780739171974
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic aspects; Economic development; Ethnic relations; History
Description: "From colonialism to independent statehood, the extent of Malaysia's capitalist development has been significantly limited by its peripheral position in the world economy. As a result, the fruits of economic growth have not been equally shared among its citizens and neither has economic prosperity done much to foster greater multiculturalism or democracy in the country"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: World systemic context of capitalist and democratic development; title: Transplanting the old world : British colonial state in Malaya, 1824-1942; title: The making of an unequal multiethnic society, 1850-1957; title: Fragmented identities and the rise of pro-western elites, 1918-1963; title: The leftists in Malaya, 1945-1963; title: Dependent development and state-capital alliance, 1957-2011; title: Sustaining elite dominance : economic nationalism and institutional control, 1980-2011; title: Information globalization and prospects for political change in Malaysia, 1990-2011.