A Divided Nation: Malay Political Dominance,<i>Bumiputera</i>Material Advancement and National Identity in Malaysia

Balasubramaniam, Vejai

doi:10.1080/14608940601145679

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“…In addition to the reform era, experts began to assess the need to emphasize character education through civic education and multiculturalism. One of the subjects that plays an important role in its development is Citizenship Education (Balasubramaniam, 2007;Blum, 2014;Davies et al, 2005;Suseela et al, 2012;Moon and Jeong-Woo, 2011;Mori and Davies, 2014;Mukherjee, 1983). This subject is able to explore the topic of patriotism and multicultural ideologies experienced by the younger generation.…”

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Beyond School Reach: Character Education in Three Schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abdullah

Hudayana

Setiadi

et al. 2019

Journal of Educational and Social Research

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The ability of Indonesian schools related to the character education of students is still far from the expectations and mandate of the law. Based on the qualitative research conducted in the three schools in Indonesia, the current study shows that the educational process only introduce students to the standardized concepts with no involvement in social process and practices, which will give them experience and opportunities to adopt the character values. The school curriculum only forms the ideal type of character, does not stimulate the active involvement of students in the community. Students only learn the character, based on dominant values constrained by the state, i.e.: having loyalty, defending the country, and loving homeland. In addition to narrowing the character space values to the interests of the state, the character education also does not accommodate the wealth of ethnic and religious cultures in Indonesia. This paper proposes the need for changes in school autonomy from an extension of the government, leading to provision of a conducive climate for the emergence of various approaches to improve character education. Character education stems from differences in school ideology and Indonesian cultural diversity. The education system should release itself from the text orientation to better fit in with the dynamic cultural context as a source of character learning.

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Beyond School Reach: Character Education in Three Schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abdullah

Hudayana

Setiadi

et al. 2019

Journal of Educational and Social Research

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“…Thus, dominant conversations about inter-ethnic issues support the Malay agenda and their special position in Malaysian society. This is demonstrated through the rise of cultural nationalism and discourse that perpetuates the distinctions between Malays and non-Malays (Balasubramaniam, 2007;Khoo, 2014). Pro-Malay statements and opinions have become normalised as part of the discourse with little admonition (e.g.…”

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Communicating About Inter-Ethnic Unity: An Investigation on Differences Between Youths of the Three Main Ethnic Groups in Malaysia

Azlan

2019

JKMJC

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In a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious country such as Malaysia, inter-ethnic unity is considered both enriching to society and a challenge for government. A diverse population with variations in culture, language and religion is often perceived as difficult to govern due to the many different needs, values and expectations of different groups within a multicultural society. Malaysia is often lauded for the inter-ethnic harmony and stability of its society that allows the country to flourish economically. Though there is no violent conflict between the ethnic groups, a sense of national unity proves challenging to achieve as ethnic divides exist along political, socio-economical and geographical lines. This study was conducted to investigate how Malaysian youth participate in the conversation about inter-ethnic unity. Utilising measures of Communicative Actions in Problem Solving from the Situational Theory of Problem Solving (STOPS), a survey was distributed among 575 university students from four institutions of higher learning in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to determine whether there were any differences between the three main ethnic groups on the six different communicative behaviours pertaining to the issue of inter-ethnic unity. The results showed that there were significant differences in information seeking, information forwarding and information sharing. Among these behaviours, the differences between the Malays and the Chinese were most prominent whereby the Chinese showed relatively lower levels of information seeking and sharing compared to the Malays, and lower levels of information forwarding compared to both the Malays and the Indians.

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“…Larson and Aminzade (2007) point out how this scenario – a majority indigenous group successfully maintaining its political dominance – is relatively unusual. They might, however, have acknowledged other cases, such as Malaysia’s bumiputra (Balasubramaniam, 2007) and Zimbabwe’s ‘Africa for Africans’ (Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2009) in which Indigenous communities have reasserted dominance (albeit sometimes using discriminatory laws and practices). In terms of Fiji, Larson and Aminzade (2007: 825) note that iTaukei groups were able to employ ‘discourses of indigeneity to justify redistribution [of political power] along racial lines within the national context’.…”

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Indo-Fijian women and sportive activity: A critical race feminism approach

Sugden¹,

Kanemasu

Adair

2019

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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There are no reliable statistics about female participation in Fijian sport, yet it is well known by locals (though not widely understood) that engagement in sportive activities is rare among Indo-Fijian girls and women. This paper is the first attempt to explore how and why that is so. That said, there is an important caveat: we are not insisting that sportive activities are an inherent good. Indeed, for some cultural groups, Western-invented competitive sport may be of no interest; similarly, tangential forms of human movement, such as recreational pursuits like cycling or gym sessions, may be just as uninspiring. In that sense, the main thrust of our inquiry is the sportive experiences of Indo-Fijian female athletes, yet we have also sought feedback from those charged with the responsibility of managing sportive programmes. These combined perspectives are intended to provide a preliminary entree into the much larger – hitherto unexplored – question of what attitudes, opportunities and constraints are associated with sportive activities for Indo-Fijian girls and women. The paper adopts a critical race feminism framework: the goal was to accentuate females of colour (in this case Indo-Fijian women) by hearing their voices and, with their permission, reporting what they had to say. The paper nonetheless provides an adaptation to critical race feminism theory: it also engaged with individuals – whether women or men – charged with the responsibility of managing sportive activities. In that sense, we were interested in individual agency and experience on the part of athletic Indo-Fijian women, but also wanted to understand how (or if) local sport administrators understood ethnic diversity among female athletes, including – in our case – the involvement (or otherwise) of Indo-Fijian females.

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A Divided Nation: Malay Political Dominance,BumiputeraMaterial Advancement and National Identity in Malaysia

Cited by 21 publications

References 6 publications

Beyond School Reach: Character Education in Three Schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Beyond School Reach: Character Education in Three Schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Communicating About Inter-Ethnic Unity: An Investigation on Differences Between Youths of the Three Main Ethnic Groups in Malaysia

Indo-Fijian women and sportive activity: A critical race feminism approach

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