Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
About the Book Series
The Routledge Malaysian Studies Series publishes high quality scholarship that provides important new contributions to knowledge on Malaysia. It also signals research that spans comparative studies, involving the Malaysian experience with that of other nations, particularly with Singapore and Brunei.
This series was first established by the Malaysian Social Science Association (MSSA) to promote study of contemporary and historical issues in Malaysia and is now affiliated with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS)’s Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Studies (MSB) Group. It is designed to respond to the growing need to publish important research and covers a broad range of subjects including history, politics, economics, sociology, gender, sexuality, international relations, geography, business, education, religion, literature, culture and ethnicity. The series encourages work adopting an interdisciplinary approach and also serves as a forum for debate on key issues in the societies of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It welcomes comparative studies between these three Southeast Asian nations and other countries and regions.
New proposals for the series are welcomed. Prospective authors should in the first instance contact the series editors Patricia Sloane-White ([email protected]) and E. Terence Gomez ([email protected]) or the Routledge editor Dorothea Schaefter ([email protected]).
Privatization in Malaysia: Regulation, Rent-Seeking and Policy Failure
1st Edition
By Jeff Tan
October 20, 2011
In recent years, privatisation has fallen out of favour in many countries because the underlying political factors have not been well understood. This book examines Malaysia’s privatisation programme, focusing on how political constraints resulted in the failure of four major privatisations: the ...
Media, Culture and Society in Malaysia
1st Edition
Edited
By Yeoh Seng Guan
August 16, 2011
This book presents a comprehensive, full-length analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia. Unlike other studies of the media in Malaysia which concentrate on "political economy" or "freedom of the media" approaches, this book focuses on the ...
The State, Development and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Societies: Ethnicity, Equity and the Nation
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicholas Tarling, Edmund Terence Gomez
March 17, 2011
The controversial work of Amy Chua argues that, as rapid modernization, industrialization, technological change and globalization bring about fundamental changes in national, ethnic and class identities, especially in developing countries, there is a danger that the laissez-faire capitalist system ...
Health Care in Malaysia: The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access
1st Edition
Edited
By Heng Leng Chee, Simon Barraclough
April 03, 2009
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 ...
Feminism and the Women's Movement in Malaysia: An Unsung (R)evolution
1st Edition
By tan beng Hui, Cecilia Ng
October 15, 2007
Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women’s movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society ...
Politics in Malaysia: The Malay Dimension
1st Edition
Edited
By Edmund Terence Gomez
April 11, 2007
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 ...