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Malaysia and the development process : globalization, knowledge transfers and post colonial dilemmas
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ISBN: 1280243457 9786610243457 0203328256 0415949416 0415649854 9780203328255 9781135932213 1135932212 9781135932169 1135932166 9781135932206 1135932204 9780415949415 9780415649858 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : Routledge,

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Drawing on recent deconstructions in anthropology, postcolonial studies, and critical sociology, Malaysia and the Development Process situates and explores the phenomenon of international knowledge transfers within the context of globalization. Based on primary and secondary research, and a series of 'experiential' reflections, fieldwork was conducted in two foreign electronics multinationals and a variety of public and semi-public institutions. The findings reassess issues of knowledge, power, subjectivity and agency, and the relations between the West and the non-West, as they are negotiated


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Malaysia : la dualité territoriale
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ISBN: 9782701136516 2701136512 Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris : Belin La Documentation Française,


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Malaysia@50 : economic development, distribution, disparities
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ISBN: 9814571385 130612025X 9814571555 9789814571555 9789814571388 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Jersey : World Scientific,

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Malaysia has grown and changed a great deal since it was formed on 16 September 1963. It was then seen as an unlikely nation hastily put together as a federation of British controlled territories in the region. Brunei's refusal to join at the eleventh hour and Singapore's secession before its second birthday only seemed to confirm such doubts. Yet, it has not only survived, but even thrived, often cited as a developing country worthy of emulation. Ruled by the same ruling coalition since the mid-1950s, it has been tempting to emphasize continuities, and there certainly have been many. Looking

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