"Malaysia has long had an ambivalent relationship to globalization.
A shining example of export-led growth and the positive role for
foreign investment, the country's political leadership has also
expressed skepticism about the prevailing international political
and economic order. In this compelling collection, Nelson, Meerman
and Rahman Embong bring together a group of Malaysian and foreign
scholars to dissect the effects of globalization on Malaysian
development over the long-run. They consider the full spectrum of
issues from economic and social policy to new challenges from
transnational Islam, and are unafraid of voicing skepticism where
the effects of globalization are overblown. Malaysia is
surprisingly understudied in comparative context; this volume
remedies that, and provides an overview of a country undergoing
important political change." -- Stephan Haggard, Krause Professor,
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego "Half a century since Malayan
independence in 1957, this collection of essays provides a welcome
assessment of post-colonial, especially recent Malaysian policies
on various fronts -- development, 'looking East', 1997-98 crisis
management, inter-ethnic redistribution, poverty reduction, trade,
education, healthcare, globalization, Islam and national culture.
This volume is a useful compendium for anyone seeking a broad
overview of recent policy challenges and debates." -- Jomo Kwame
Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Economic
Development and formerly Professor of Economics at the Faculty of
Economics & Administration, Universiti Malaya "What is the
state of a globalizing Malaysia? Inthe same way that a group from
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in the 1990s entered into
fundamental debates about Malaysia's future, here two decades
later, another UKM research group -- fellows from the Institute of
Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) -- have gone to the
heart of the Malaysian paradox. Taking the New Economic Policy and
the post-independence racial tension as their twin touch points,
the group systematically and sensitively explore the paradox of a
highly globalized national economy mediated by a developmentalist
and interventionist state. They coherently confront difficult
issues from crony capitalism and poverty reduction to globalizing
Islam and the now largely forgotten National Culture Policy. In
doing so, they help us understand the complexities of political
autonomy in a globalizing world." -- Paul James, Professor &
Academic Director, Globalism Research Centre, RMIT, Melbourne
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