Ethnic Relations In Intcractionist Perspective

A Case of Ethnic Conflict In West Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID2480720
AuthorsRebecca L Lee (0000-0001-8407-4565, University of Malaya, corresponding author), Raymond L M Lee
Year1980
Volume3
Issue1
Pages89-104
Publication date1980-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1980.3.1.89
OpenAlexW2055266604
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

By applying the model of negotiated order to a specific case of ethnic conflict in West Malaysia, an attempt is made to draw explicit relationships between ethnic group interests, power and collective definition of ethnic group positions. The focus is on how ethnic group images emerge through the occurence of a 'big event' centering on conflicting group interests. It is pointed out that although power differences between ethnic groups are due largely to historical circumstances, they only structure the style of negotiations but not the formation of ethnic images. The process of group definition is contingent upon the manipulation of problematic events and the tactics employed by the groups involved

Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Ethnic history · Geography · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology