Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific

The Australian and Malayasian Experience
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-29837-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 4581 g

Reihe: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific

The contributors engage with a range of critical and contemporary issues of two key societies in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and Malaysia. These include foreign policy and national security; multiculturalism and citizenship; the middle class; global governance; migrants and international students.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tazreiter, C.

Tham, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Globalization as Localized Experience, Adaptation and Resistance – an Introduction; Claudia Tazreiter and Tham Siew Yean 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; Tham Siew Yean PART II: BELONGING, RIGHTS AND MIGRATION 8. Multiculturalism and Citizenship - the Malaysia 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: a Policy Perspective; A.K.M Ahsan Ullah 13. Gender Equality and the Regulation of Intimate Relations; Helen Pringle and Siti Muhammad 14. Reframing Gender: Civil Society and Dissent in Malaysia; Saskia Louise Schäfer 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

Über Autor(innen)

Abdul Rahman Embong, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia AKM Ahsan Ullah, American University in Cairo, Egypt Linda Bartolomei, University of New South Wales, Australia Julian CH Lee, RMIT University, Australia Geoffrey Brahm Levey, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Le Nhat Tran, Hue University, Vietnam Siti Muhammad, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia Rogelia Pe-Pua, University of New South Wales, Australia Eileen Pittaway, University of New South Wales, Australia Helen Pringle, University of New South Wales, Australia Michael Pusey, University of New South Wales, Australia K.S. Nathan, National University of Malaysia Elizabeth Thurbon, University of New South Wales, Australia Helen Ting, National University of Malaysia Ragayah Haji Mat Zin, National University of Malaysia Ben Reilly, Johns Hopkins University, USA Saskia Louise Schaefer, University of New South Wales, Australia Tham Siew Yean, National University of Malaysia.