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Class and Politics in Malaysian and Singaporean Nation Building book cover

1st Edition

Class and Politics in Malaysian and Singaporean Nation Building

By Muhamad M. N. Nadzri Copyright 2025
250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Nadzri explores a range of factors that have influenced nation building in Malaysia and Singapore, with principal emphasis on the importance of social and economic class. In contrast to previous studies on nation building, which overwhelming rely on the explanatory power of culture, race and ethnic community, the book foregrounds the importance of social and economic status. The three main... Read more

Contents

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Defining the Parameter

Chapter 2. The Construction of the Party-State System in Parliamentary Democracies

Part II. Malaysia

Chapter 3. The Politics of Malaysian Nation-Building Policy: From Tunku to Abdullah

Chapter 4. Malaysia’s Politics of Nation-State Building under Najib Razak

Part III. Singapore

Chapter 5. Personal is National: The Case of Singapore’s Nation-Building Policy under Lee Kuan Yew

Chapter 6. Singapore’s Nation-Building during the Goh Chok Tong Years

Chapter 7. The State of Nation-Building Policy in Singapore under the New Lee

Part IV. Epilogue

Chapter 8. The State of Nation Building in Malaysia and Singapore "after" Barisan Nasional and Lees

Bibliography

Interviews

Biography

Muhamad M. N. Nadzri is Fellow at the Global Malaysian Studies Network (GMSN), Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), the National University of Malaysia (UKM). He was formerly UKM's Head of Political Science Programme (2021 - 2023) and Coordinator for the UKM-Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College (MPAT) Joint Programme (2023).

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