Globalization and social transformation in the Asia-Pacific : the Australian and Malayasian experience / edited by Claudia Tazreiter and Siew Yean Tham.
As the Asia-Pacific region develops in economic strength and influence in the twenty-first century, a deeper understanding of the differences and commonalities among the countries of this region is needed. Australia and Malaysia share the Asia-Pacific region with powerful neighbours such as China an...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Globalization as Localized Experience, Adaptation and Resistance: an Introduction / Claudia Tazreiter and Siew Yean Tham
- Part I. Regionalism, Society and Economy: 2. Regionalism and Democracy in Asia: the Australia-Malaysia Nexus / Benjamin Reilly; 3. Malaysia's Approach to Asian Regionalism in the Context of Expanding Globalization / K.S. Nathan; 4. Globalization Transforms the Broad Middle Class / Michael Pusey; 5. Responding to Globalization and the State: Negotiations and Contestations by the Middle Class in Malaysia / Abdul Rahman Embong; 6. Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia / Elizabeth Thurbon; 7. Liberalization and Domestic Regulation in Malaysia's Services Sector: the Case of the Private Higher Education Sector / Siew Yean Tham
- Part II. Belonging, Rights and Migration: 8. Multiculturalism and Citizenship: the Malaysian Experience / Helen Ting; 9. Multiculturalism and Citizenship: the Australian Experience / Geoffrey Brahm Levey; 10. An Uncomfortable Fit: Australia's Refugee Policy in a Regional Context / Linda Bartolomei and Eileen Pittaway; 11. Temporary, Precarious and Invisible Labour: Globalized Migrant Workers in Australia / Claudia Tazreiter; 12. Irregular Migrants, Human Rights and Securitization in Malaysia: An Analysis from a Policy Perspective / AKM Ahsan Ullah; 13. Gender Equality and the Regulation of Intimate Relationships / Siti Muhammad and Helen Pringle; 14. Reframing Gender: Civil Society and Dissent in Malaysia / Saskia Louise Scha;fer and Julian C.H. Lee; 15. Globalization and Australian International Education / Rogelia Pe-Pua and Le Nhat Tran; 16. Internationalization in Malaysia's Higher Education / Ragayah Haji Mat Zin.