The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia
Malaysia is one of the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious countries in Southeast Asia. Due to the pluralistic nature of Malaysia, it has a political structure based on ethnic politics. The ethnic preferential policies affected most domains of this country. The objective of this article...
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| description | Malaysia is one of the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious countries in Southeast Asia. Due to the pluralistic nature of Malaysia, it has a political structure based on ethnic politics. The ethnic preferential policies affected most domains of this country. The objective of this article is to examine the origin and background of ethnic politics in Malaysia. Findings of this study indicate that, ethnic politics originated during the British colonial period, it became a tool used by the Barisan Nasional for the legitimacy of regime. Moreover, ethnic politics in Malaysia today is intertwined with religion. Besides, there is the dilemma of the choice between the interest of certain ethnic group and national interests. However, with the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan won the election in 9th May, UMNO-led BN lost power and interrupted its 61 years control, which leaves us an interesting topic to think about the future of Malaysian ethnic politics. |
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| spelling | upm-824792021-08-20T06:22:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82479/ The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia Xia, Nan Lee, Yok Fee Ab Halim, Adlina Malaysia is one of the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious countries in Southeast Asia. Due to the pluralistic nature of Malaysia, it has a political structure based on ethnic politics. The ethnic preferential policies affected most domains of this country. The objective of this article is to examine the origin and background of ethnic politics in Malaysia. Findings of this study indicate that, ethnic politics originated during the British colonial period, it became a tool used by the Barisan Nasional for the legitimacy of regime. Moreover, ethnic politics in Malaysia today is intertwined with religion. Besides, there is the dilemma of the choice between the interest of certain ethnic group and national interests. However, with the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan won the election in 9th May, UMNO-led BN lost power and interrupted its 61 years control, which leaves us an interesting topic to think about the future of Malaysian ethnic politics. Routledge 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82479/1/The%20elite%27s%20collective%20subjectivities%20of%20the%20history%20of%20ethnic%20politics%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Xia, Nan and Lee, Yok Fee and Ab Halim, Adlina (2019) The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia. Asian Ethnicity, 20 (2). pp. 168-182. ISSN 1463-1369; ESSN:1469-2953 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14631369.2018.1489218?journalCode=caet20 10.1080/14631369.2018.1489218 |
| spellingShingle | Xia, Nan Lee, Yok Fee Ab Halim, Adlina The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title | The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title_full | The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title_short | The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia |
| title_sort | elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in malaysia |
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