Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific

1. Globalization as Localized Experience, Adaptation and Resistance: An Introduction
Claudia Tazreiter, Siew Yean Tham

Part I. Regionalism, Society and Economy

2. Regionalism and Democracy in Asia: The Australia-Malaysia Nexus
Benjamin Reilly

3. Malaysia’s Approach to Asian Regionalism in the Context of Expanding Globalization
K. S. Nathan

4. Globalization Transforms the Broad Middle Class
Michael Pusey

5. Responding to Globalization and the State: Negotiations and Contestations by the Middle Class in Malaysia
Abdul Rahman Embong

6. Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia
Elizabeth Thurbon

7. Liberalization and Domestic Regulation in Malaysia’s Services Sector: The Case of the Private Higher Education Sector
Siew Yean Tham

Part II. Belonging, Rights and Migration

8. Multiculturalism and Citizenship — The Malaysian Experience
Helen Ting

9. Multiculturalism and Citizenship — The Australian Experience
Geoffrey Brahm Levey

10. An Uncomfortable Fit: Australia’s Refugee Policy in a Regional Context
Linda Bartolomei, Eileen Pittaway

11. Temporary, Precarious and Invisible Labour: The Globalized Migrant Worker in Australia
Claudia Tazreiter

12. Irregular Migrants, Human Rights and Securitization in Malaysia: An Analysis from a Policy Perspective
A K M Ahsan Ullah

13. Gender Equality and the Regulation of Intimate Relationships
Siti Muhammad, Helen Pringle

14. Reframing Gender: Civil Society and Dissent in Malaysia
Saskia Louise Schäfer, Julian C. H. Lee

15. Globalization and Australian International Education
Rogelia Pe-Pua, Le Nhat Tran

16. Internationalization in Malaysia’s Higher Education
Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Asian Politics, Sociology, general, Globalization, Development Studies, Asian Culture