Malaysia's 1996 education act: The impact of a multiculturalism-type approach on national integration

Sojourn

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-56

  Segawa, Noriyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1961 Education Act; 1996 Education Act; Ambiguities; Assimilationism type approach; Chinese community; Chinese Malaysian; Comparative analysis; Ethnic polarization; Impact; Malaysia; Multiculturalism type approach; National integration; Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248591208     PISSN: 02179520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1355/SJ22-1B     Document Type: Article

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