Singapore Malays [electronic resource] : being ethnic minority and Muslim in a global city-state / Hussin Mutalib.
Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 45.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.Description: xviii, 204 p. : illISBN:- 9780203118023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-200) and index.
pt. 1. Introduction, objectives of study, theoretical framework, historical overview, and literature review -- pt. 2. The 'Malay plight' examined -- pt. 3. Sources of the Malay plight -- pt. 4. The future of Malays : 'what is to be done?'
"The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book provides an analysis of the debates on religion, politics and citizenship of Malay Muslims in contemporary Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their disadvantaged circumstances in the fields of politics, education, social mobility, and freedom of religious expression."--Publisher's description.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.