Thaatchaayini Kananatu

Minorities, Rights and the Law in Malaysia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the mobilisation of race, rights and the law in Malaysia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780367862398
• ISBN-10: 0367862395
• Artikelnr.: 75439741

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The phenomenon of Indian mobilisation in Malaysia 1. Indians
in Malaysia: A Diverse and "Quiet Minority" in an Illiberal Polity 2.
Theorising Politico-Legal Mobilisation of Minority Groups in Illiberal
Polities: The Role of the Law in Constituting Identities and Grievance 3.
Race: Indian Identity, Grievances and "Rights" in Colonial Malaya (1890 -
1956) 4. The Quiet Minority: Indians and Legal Repression in an Illiberal
Democratic Malaysia (1957-1989) 5. The Unquiet Minority: Legal Mobilisation
of Indians in Illiberal Malaysia (1990-2018) 6. Conclusion