Social Movement MalaysiaMeredith Leigh Weiss, Saliha Hassan This book considers the proliferation in Malaysia over the past two decades of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) associated with various social movements, both to provide basic information about the NGOs and social movements, and to discuss their role in the development of civil society generally in particular their contribution to the reform movement, which has been gathering strength since 1998. The book discusses the nature and development of the movements, and shows that those movements concerned with human rights and women's issues have made significant contributions to the reform movement and been irrevocably changed by their involvement in it. |
Contents
From moral communities to NGOs | 1 |
History legal framework and characteristics | 17 |
A historical analysis | 45 |
The Womens Agenda for Change and the Womens Candidacy Initiative | 75 |
4 Islamic nongovernmental organisations | 97 |
5 The environment movement in Malaysia | 115 |
6 The Malaysian human rights movement | 140 |
7 Nongovernmental organisations in Sarawak | 165 |
8 The peace movement and Malaysian foreign and domestic policy | 181 |
Notes | 196 |
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Common terms and phrases
ABIM Action activists activities advocacy Agenda Aliran amendments Anwar Ibrahim Arqam associations AWAM Bakun Dam Barisan Nasional Bishan campaigns challenge Chinese civil society coalition concerned cultural dakwah democracy democratic discourse domestic violence East Timor economic efforts elections environment environmental NGOs especially ethnic Federation foreign gender government’s grassroots groups human rights impact Indian initiatives instance involved IONGOs Islam Malaysia Islamic NGOs Kuala Lumpur labour land laws leaders leadership longhouse Mahathir Malay Malaya Malaysian government Malaysian NGOs MENGOs ment mobilisation Muslim National NCWO Network non-governmental organisations Operation Lalang participation particular Penang peninsular Malaysia political parties Prime Minister programmes projects promote rape Reformasi religious role Sahabat Sarawak secret societies sector Selangor sexual harassment social movements Societies Act strategies SUARAM Tenaganita tions UMNO Union Wanita welfare women workers women’s issues women's movement women's NGOs women's organisations Women's Section WWFM