Social Movements in Malaysia : From Moral Communities to NGOs.

By: Hassan, SalihaContributor(s): Weiss, MeredithMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203220498Subject(s): Non-governmental organizations -- Malaysia | Social movements -- MalaysiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social Movements in Malaysia : From Moral Communities to NGOsDDC classification: 303.48409595 LOC classification: HN700.6.A8 -- S65 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Social Movements in Malaysia -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Introduction: from moral communities to NGOs -- 1 Malaysian NGOs: history, legal framework and characteristics -- 2 The women's movement in peninsular Malaysia, 1900-99: a historical analysis -- 3 Complex configurations: the Women's Agenda for Change and the Women's Candidacy Initiative -- 4 Islamic non-governmental organisations -- 5 The environmental movement in Malaysia -- 6 The Malaysian human rights movement -- 7 Non-governmental organisations in Sarawak -- 8 The peace movement and Malaysian foreign and domestic policy -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book considers the proliferation in Malaysia over the past two decades of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) associated with various social movements, both to provide basic information about the NGOs and social movements, and to discuss their role in the development of civil society generally in particular their contribution to the reform movement, which has been gathering strength since 1998. The book discusses the nature and development of the movements, and shows that those movements concerned with human rights and women's issues have made significant contributions to the reform movement and been irrevocably changed by their involvement in it.
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Cover -- Social Movements in Malaysia -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Introduction: from moral communities to NGOs -- 1 Malaysian NGOs: history, legal framework and characteristics -- 2 The women's movement in peninsular Malaysia, 1900-99: a historical analysis -- 3 Complex configurations: the Women's Agenda for Change and the Women's Candidacy Initiative -- 4 Islamic non-governmental organisations -- 5 The environmental movement in Malaysia -- 6 The Malaysian human rights movement -- 7 Non-governmental organisations in Sarawak -- 8 The peace movement and Malaysian foreign and domestic policy -- Notes -- References -- Index.

This book considers the proliferation in Malaysia over the past two decades of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) associated with various social movements, both to provide basic information about the NGOs and social movements, and to discuss their role in the development of civil society generally in particular their contribution to the reform movement, which has been gathering strength since 1998. The book discusses the nature and development of the movements, and shows that those movements concerned with human rights and women's issues have made significant contributions to the reform movement and been irrevocably changed by their involvement in it.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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