This book is the first monograph to provide an in-depth and multifaceted study of the
processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period …

Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia is one of the first substantial comparative
studies of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, homes to the world's largest Muslim …

James Scott's notion of Zomia proposes a new look at historical and social dynamics in a
vast area of the Asian hinterlands, in terms of deliberate state‐avoidance that came to an …

This chapter lays out the origin of Buddhist revitalization in Malaysia. It has attempted to
reflect on the influence of colonization on the construction of knowledge and understanding …

The 1997 Asian currency “crisis” affected Malaysians in profound ways and complicated
dominant nation and modernity narratives centered on economic growth and development …

The university is a critical spatio-temporal geography where youth negotiate becoming adult
and encounter diverse 'others'. However, there has been a lack of attention to university …

THE USE OF ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE IN MULTINATIONAL SETTINGS AND THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION Carmela Brigugl Page 1 THE USE OF ENGLISH …

When the British decided to extend colonial rule and established a permanent presence
throughout the Malay peninsula in 1874, it marked the beginning of the construction of a …

Malay-Muslim identity has been pivotal to the functioning of the modern nationstate that
attained independence from Britain on 31 August 1957 as the Federation of Malaya and …

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 …