From Sojourners to Citizens: Managing the Ethnic Chinese Minority in Indonesia and Malaysia

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Selective Nation-building; Ethnic Domination; Ethnic Chinese; Indonesia; Malaysia; Asian Studies; Law and Politics; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/861; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870120077922
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The raison d'être of the management of the minority ethnic Chinese citizenry in Indonesia and Malaysia is not adequately examined in most studies. In this article, ethnic domination is put forth in explaining the dynamics of ethnic conflict management. New multi-ethnic states often opt for sele...