Looking East, looking West: The international political attitudes of Malaysia's successor generation, 1971-81

In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 137-155

Abstract

Investigation of the international political attitudes of Malaysian students based on two surveys carried out in 1970-71 and 1981-82. Relevance of the study of elite attitudes. Differences in the attitudes of Malays, Chinese and Indians of the country towards the peoples of Egypt, India, the PRC, Taiwan, Indonesia, the USSR, Singapore etc. The author concludes that the international political attitude profiles of Malaysia's major ethnic groups have merged to a degree and become more compatible in the years between 1971 and 1981. (DÜI-Sen)