State-led Modernization and the New Middle Class in Malaysia

This work by a good friend of the FNF, Abdul Rahman Embong, provides an important study of the new middle class in Malaysia. The book examines the emergence and role of the new Malay middle class in the context of democratization and the development of civil society in the country. An insightful comparative analysis is also made between the Malay working class, and the middle classes of China, India and elsewhere in East Asia. There is even a discussion on the variations within the Middle class across the country.
Well researched and easy to follow, this volume serves as in important study into Malaysia's developing society

Hardcover 272 pages (December 14, 2001)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0333968816

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