Singapore Malays : being ethnic minority and Muslim in a global city-state
"The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book provides an analysis of the debates on religion, politics and citizenship of Malay Muslims in contemporary Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their disadvantaged circumsta...
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2012
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: the 'Malay plight' defined, objectives and approach of this study
- 2. Historical overview of 'Malays' and their progress post-independence
- 3. Literature review on the Malay plight
- 4. The socio-economic plight
- 5. The question of Islamic identity
- 6. The leadership plight
- 7. Secondary sources: 'minority syndrome', historical legacies and globalization
- 8. Primary source: the state
- 9. Roles of Malays and the state
- 10. Conclusion