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Publication details [#57846]

Leong, Chan-Hoong and Noraini M. Noor. 2013. Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore: Contesting models. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 37 (6) : 714–726.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper reviews the elaboration of Malaysia's and Singapore's divergent multicultural models. Whereas the former is guided by policies, established to handle inter-group tensions, preclude violence, and emulate inter-ethnic social justice as a result of its colonial past, Singapore's model is based on pragmatic realism and market essentials linked to the wants of a global city.