The politics of multiculturalism : pluralism and citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia /
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| Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2001. |
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| Description: | ix, 319 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4493616 |
| Summary: | Few challenges to the modern dream of democratic citizenship appear greater than the presence of severe ethnic, religious, and linguistic divisions in society. With their diverse religions and ethnic communities, the Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia have grappled with this problem since achieving independence after World War II. Each country has on occasion been torn by violence over the proper terms for accommodating pluralism. Until the Asian economic crisis of 1997, however, these nations also enjoyed one of the most sustained economic expansions the non-Western world has ever seen. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 319 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 082482444X 0824824873 |