Ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia: a dialogue between tradition and modernity
Pt. 1: Population and society Pt. 2: Politics, identity and education Pt. 3: Culture and entrepreneurship Pt. 4: Religion Pt. 5: Literature
Pt. 1: Population and society Pt. 2: Politics, identity and education Pt. 3: Culture and entrepreneurship Pt. 4: Religion Pt. 5: Literature
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This book provides insight into Indonesia's system of government and elections. It focuses on the roles of the 1945 Constitution, the Pancasila, the DPR (Legislative Assembly) and the MPR (People's Consultative Assembly) - and the ways they have functioned during elections since Independence. The development of democracy and the roles of Islam and the military through the presidencies of Sukarno, Soeharto, Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Megawati are examined. The book includes a most comprehensive and detailed listing of the results of the 1999 general election, considered Indonesia's first free and democratic election for over thirty years
Nationalism and globalization are two major contradicting forces in the world today. The roles that these two forces play and the impact of globalization on countries differ. Both Western and Asian "nation-states" have faced the challenge of globalization in recent decades, and the challenge has become more intense since the 1990s. The decline of communism and socialism as ideologies, and the decreasing importance of national boundaries for capital, companies and even labour, have had profound implications for national identity. Thus, the impact of globalization on "nation-states" is not identical. How have "nation-states" coped with globalization? Has it led to stronger nationalism or national disintegration? What has happened to national identity? Is the concept of "nation" still relevant in the era of globalization? To answer these questions, twelve countries -- six from the West (France, UK, USA, Yugoslavia, Australia, and Russia) and six from Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, and India) have been selected for study. These countries represent a wide range of national experiences - from "old" states to "new" states, from mono-ethnic nations to multi-ethnic ones, and from surviving nation-states to decaying ones. Apart from the individual country studies, the last chapter summarizes and compares the findings of these country studies, throwing light on the various types of nationalism, and the gains and losses of these countries in the process of globalization
In: Asian studies monograph series 3
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In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 502-524
ISSN: 0004-4687
In: Asian survey, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 502-524
ISSN: 1533-838X
In: Asian journal of political science: AJPS, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 147-148
ISSN: 0218-5377, 0218-5385
In: Southeast Asian affairs, Band 1999, Heft 1, S. 111-127
ISSN: 1793-9135