1st Edition
Malaysia and the Developing World The Asian Tiger on the Cinnamon Road
By Jan Stark
Copyright 2013
204 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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As Malaysia’s economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book traces the ways in which age-old organizational, political, religious and trade networks between Nusantara , the Malay World, and Central Asia, East Africa and the Middle East have changed in recent years. The book argues that these old links are being... Read more
1. Introduction: Trends, Visions and Concepts in the Developing World between the Middle East, the Silk Road and the Lands beyond the Winds 2. New Theoretical Meanings? Transnationalism, Networks and the Authoritarian State 3. Sufis, Traders, Seafarers: Re-Considering Nineteenth Century Networks between Nusantara, East Africa and the Arab Peninsula 4. Towards the Middle Path? The Tectonic Shifts in the Islamic World 5. The "Asian Tiger " at the Nile: Knowledge Transfer, Modernization and Bilateral Linkages between Southeast Asia and the Middle East 6. Race, Patronage and the Hybrid Authoritarian State: Malaysia and Guyana Re-Visited 7. The Failure to Create a Networked Islamic Space: Malaysia and Central Asia in the 1990s 8. The "Snow Leopard’s" Vision 2030: Central Asia, ASEAN and Regional Cooperation 9. Instead of a Conclusion: Khilafah, Transnational Islamic Networks and the Caliphate State in Southeast Asia
Biography
Jan Stark is an Associate Professor in the College of Law, Government and International Studies at Universiti Utara Malaysia
