Institutions and Social Mobilization The Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia, 1951-2011

• Main Author: Ang, Ming Chee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2014
• Subjects: Chinese language > Government policy > Malaysia; Schools, Chinese > Government policy > Malaysia; Chinese > Education, Government policy > Malaysia
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• Item Description: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--National University of Singapore, 2011
• Physical Description: xiii, 279 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-251) and indexes
• ISBN: 9789814459983; 9789814459990

"This book marks a major contribution since the work of Tan Liok Eee (1997) on the Dongjiaozong movement in Malaysia. The author's familiarity with both popular and academic writings in Mandarin has yielded rare, first-hand, and often bottom-up views on the Dongjiaozong movement from actors directly involved in the movement. As a result, readers get a better understanding of the personalities, leadership dynamics, creative strategies of control and resistance within this social movement as well as its ability to exploit political vulnerabilities and interpersonal relationships to cajole, negotiate and arm-twist the state in its bid to defend Chinese education in Malaysia. This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of political science and Malaysian studies, in general, and the study of state-society relations and social movements in non-liberal democratic contexts, in particular." - Associate Professor Goh Being Lan, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore