Legislating Separation and Solidarity in Plural Societies

The Chinese in Indonesia and Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID12539633
AuthorsJulie Chernov Hwang (Goucher College, corresponding author), Kamran Sadiq (0000-0002-9526-7351), Kamal Sadiq (Irvine University)
Year2010
Volume16
Issue2
Pages192-215
Publication date2010-07-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalism and Ethnic Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-7113 • E-ISSN: 1557-2986
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13537113.2010.490757
PMID20648997
OpenAlexW2015408580
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The Chinese minority plays a dominant role in the economies of Indonesia and Malaysia, a fact that evokes indigenous resentment. However, Indonesia and Malaysia dealt differently with the issue. Malaysia legislated the Malays into the economy and protected Chinese citizenship, making them an integral part of a multicultural state. By contrast, New Order Indonesia adopted policies of economic manipulation, forced assimilation, and unequal citizenship. Only when the New Order regime fell did Chinese integration begin. The policy trajectories of Indonesia and Malaysia offer important lessons for plural states

Citizenship · Democracy · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law

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