British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70

Neo-colonialism or Disengagement

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19924239
AutoresNereda White (0000-0002-3396-1700, autor correspondente), Nicholas J White (0000-0002-1897-1978)
Ano2004
Data de publicação2004-08-02
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoBritish Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203333020
OpenAlexW4205903205
Open LibraryOL22584028M
ISBN9780203333020
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29

This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only a 'pseudo-independence', largely because of the entrenched and dominant position of British business interests allied to indigenous elites. The author argues that, although British business did indeed have a strong position in Malaysia in this period, Malaysian politicians and administrators were able to utilise British business, which was relatively weak vis-a-vis the Malaysian state, for their own ends, at the same time as indigenous businesses and foreign, non-British competitors were gathering strength. In addition, despite the commitment of both Conservative and Labour governments in the UK to preserving British influence worldwide through the Commonwealth relationship, British firms in Malaysia received only limited support from the British post-imperial state

Archaeology · Business · Colonialism · Geography · Asian Studies and History · History · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · asia · Commerce · foreign economic relations · foreign relations · Great britain · Imperialism · Malaysia