Author : Colin Barlow
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
Examining the economic, political, and social dimensions of Malaysia, this book describes the rapid growth and structural changes preceding the 1997 financial crisis. Sixteen essays critically analyze the country's openness to trade, its income distribution, poverty, the developmental paradigm, its foreign policy, the process of modernization, ethnic relations, the status of women, and the role of NGOs in creating change. Contributors are economists, sociologists, activists, journalists, political scientists, and other researchers, from Asia, Australia, and the United States. c. Book News Inc.