Adapting to Globalization: Malaysia, South Africa, and the Challenges of Ethnic Redistribution with Growth

by Janis van der Westhuizen

Van der Westhuizen examines the remarkable similarity between the South African and Malaysian political economies, analyzes how Malay, Afrikaner, and African Nationalists have sought to make domestic demands for state intervention compatible with international pressures for economic liberalization, and shows what happens when they fail.

Globalization poses daunting challenges to state elites in the developing world. Caught between domestic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275972534
• ISBN13: 9780275972530
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"