Malaysia : nation-building through migration
In this paper, I explore how Malaya became Malaysia through an analysis of migration streams. The scope of my study centres around Malaysia, during the time period of 1945 up till 1985. I argue that migration in Malaysia during the post-war period up till 1985 was largely used by the government as a...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-735972019-12-10T13:37:21Z Malaysia : nation-building through migration Goh, Noel Zhong Kang Zhou Taomo School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities In this paper, I explore how Malaya became Malaysia through an analysis of migration streams. The scope of my study centres around Malaysia, during the time period of 1945 up till 1985. I argue that migration in Malaysia during the post-war period up till 1985 was largely used by the government as a nation-building tool. Through the enactment of various socio-political-economic policies, the government was able to influence both internal and external migration streams to build Malaysia at all levels of society. Migration was thus a crucial tool in transforming Malaya into Malaysia. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-01T12:40:10Z 2018-04-01T12:40:10Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73597 en 64 p. application/pdf |
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In this paper, I explore how Malaya became Malaysia through an analysis of migration streams. The scope of my study centres around Malaysia, during the time period of 1945 up till 1985. I argue that migration in Malaysia during the post-war period up till 1985 was largely used by the government as a nation-building tool. Through the enactment of various socio-political-economic policies, the government was able to influence both internal and external migration streams to build Malaysia at all levels of society. Migration was thus a crucial tool in transforming Malaya into Malaysia. |
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