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Systems thinking analyses for health policy and systems development: a Malays…
Health and development are inextricably linked. Countries require robust health systems to enable the delivery of quality health services and to ensure access to health as a public good while both balancing national budgets and providing protection against individual catastrophic spending on healthcare. Getting this balance right remains a problem for most countries, particularly in resou…
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- 9781108845205
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- xvii, 488 p ; 24 cm
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- 362.109595 MAR s
At the edges of states; Dynamics of state formation in the Indonesian borderl…
Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premises that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central st…
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- 9789004253469
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- xv, 356p. : ill
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 275
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- 959.832 MIC e
Studies in Malaysian oral and musical traditions
The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…
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- 9780472902286
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- 99 p.
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- Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia
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- 781.75951 MAL s
Constituting religion : Islam, liberal rights, and the Malaysian state
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed th…
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- 9781108539296
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- x, 187p. : ill.
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- 342.595085297 MOU c
National language planning & language shifts in Malaysian minority communitie…
Controversies and problems with regard to language policy and language education still exist in Malaysia. Despite the attempts of language policy makers to promote multilingualism, the implementation has been marred by political and religious affiliations. Malaysia is a melting pot of many different cultures and ethnicities, the three largest being Malay, Chinese and Indian. Therefore, an analy…
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- 9789089642714
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- 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- IIAS publications series. 5
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- 306.449595 MUK n
Prehistory of Indo-Malaysian archipelago
Since its publication in 1985, Peter Bellwood’s Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago has been hailed as the sole authoritative work on the subject by the leading expert in the field. Now that work has been fully revised and includes a complete up-to-date summary of the archaeology of the region (and relevant neighboring areas of China and Oceania), as well as a comprehensive discussio…
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- 9781921313127
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- xx, 385p.: ill.
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- 959.01 BEL p
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