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Ethnic Relations and
Nation-Building in Southeast Asia
The Case of the Ethnic Chinese
edited by Leo Suryadinata, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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The most up-to-date book on the ethnic
Chinese and ethnic/racial relations in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia,
written by leading Southeast Asian scholars, each bringing their own
ethnic perspectives to their studies. Ethnic/racial relations have been a
perennial theme in Southeast Asian studies. Current events have
highlighted the tensions among ethnic groups and the need to maintain
ethnic/racial harmony for national unity.
This book analyses ethnic/race
relations in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, with special reference to
the roles of ethnic Chinese in nation-building. It brings together a group
of established Southeast Asian scholars to critically examine some of the
important issues such as ethnic politics, nation-building, state policies
and conflict resolution. The most up-to-date book on ethnic/race relations
with special reference to the ethnic Chinese in three Southeast Asian
countries.
Contents
Chinese Ethnicity in New Southeast Asian Nations
by Wang Gungwu; Unity in Diversity: Ethnic Chinese and Nation-Building in
Indonesia by Mely G. Tan; Pri and Non-Pri Relations in the Reform Era: A
Pribumi Perspective by A. Dahana; Racial Discrimination in the Indonesian
Legal System: Ethnic Chinese and Nation-Building by Frans H. Winarta;
Differing Perspectives on Integration and Nation-Building in Malaysia by
Lee Kam Hing; Text and Collective Memories: The Construction of ‘Chinese’
and ‘Chineseness’ from the Perspective of a Malay by Shamsul A.B.;
Nation-Building in Malaysia: Victimization of Indians? by P. Ramasamy; The
Majority’s Sacrifices and Yearnings: Chinese-Singaporeans and the
Dilemmas of Nation-Building by Eugene K.B. Tan; Ethnic Relations in
Singapore by Tan Ern Ser; An Outsider Looking in at Chinese Singaporeans
by Sharon Siddique; Ethnic Chinese and Nation-Building: Concluding Remarks
by Leo Suryadinata; Indices
Published by NIAS Press
Published 2005, 251 pp., illustrated
ISBN 978 87 91114 52 6, paperback, £15.99
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