Affirmative Action and Nation Building in Malaysia:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Affirmative Action and Nation Building in Malaysia: "
Noriyuki Segawa

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063449
Doc. No	:	LA107078
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341262‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Noriyuki Segawa
Title & Author	:	Affirmative Action and Nation Building in Malaysia: [Article] : The Future of Malay Preferential Policies\ Noriyuki Segawa
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African and Asian Studies
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	12/3
Page No	:	189–214
Abstract	:	This paper examines how the affirmative action programme based on Malay preferential policies has influenced the formation of ambiguous socio-cultural policies (incorporating Malay cultural dominance and the recognition of non-Malay cultural rights) that hinder the development of national integration. This study is conducted by analysing the relationship between Malay preferential policies and the principles of assimilation and multiculturalism. Because Malay preferential policies are logically incompatible with the principles of assimilation and multiculturalism, these policies influence the shaping of ambiguous socio-cultural policies. In addition, the direction of Malay preferential policies is examined by considering ethnic tensions regarding these policies and the government’s efforts after the 2008 election. The government is confronting a dilemma and has not yet determined its direction. Malay preferential policies will not be abolished in the near future, and the nature of socio-cultural policies will remain ambiguous. Thus, a dramatic development of national integration cannot be expected in the foreseeable future. This paper examines how the affirmative action programme based on Malay preferential policies has influenced the formation of ambiguous socio-cultural policies (incorporating Malay cultural dominance and the recognition of non-Malay cultural rights) that hinder the development of national integration. This study is conducted by analysing the relationship between Malay preferential policies and the principles of assimilation and multiculturalism. Because Malay preferential policies are logically incompatible with the principles of assimilation and multiculturalism, these policies influence the shaping of ambiguous socio-cultural policies. In addition, the direction of Malay preferential policies is examined by considering ethnic tensions regarding these policies and the government’s efforts after the 2008 election. The government is confronting a dilemma and has not yet determined its direction. Malay preferential policies will not be abolished in the near future, and the nature of socio-cultural policies will remain ambiguous. Thus, a dramatic development of national integration cannot be expected in the foreseeable future.
Descriptor	:	Affirmative action
Descriptor	:	Assimilation
Descriptor	:	Bumiputera
Descriptor	:	Malay preferential policy
Descriptor	:	Multiculturalism
Descriptor	:	National integration
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341262‬