Policy Regimes and the Political Economy of Poverty Reduction in - Malaysi

Malaysia's 40-year strategy of 'poverty eradication' has met with a great deal of success, yet has caused controversy for its links to ethnically-oriented social restructuring. This book is a critical evaluation of changing policy regimes affecting Malaysia's development, record of industrialization, and efficacy in adapting social policies.

List of contents

Political Economy of Poverty Eradication in Malaysia: An Overview; K.Teik & K.Jin Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction; K.Teik Poverty and Inequality; K.Teik Welfare Regimes, Social Services and Poverty Reduction; H.Salleh Organized Groups, Development Strategies and Social Policies; F.Wah Developmental State Capacity and Institutional Reform; A.Embong Achievements, Limitations and Contradictions; K.Teik

About the author

KHOO BOO TEIK was born, bred and schooled in Penang, Malaysia, before studying at the University of Rochester, USA, MIT and Flinders University. A leading specialist in Malaysian politics, he wrote Paradoxes of Mahathirism (1995) and Beyond Mahathir (2003). He is Executive Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan.

Summary

Malaysia's 40-year strategy of 'poverty eradication' has met with a great deal of success, yet has caused controversy for its links to ethnically-oriented social restructuring. This book is a critical evaluation of changing policy regimes affecting Malaysia's development, record of industrialization, and efficacy in adapting social policies.

Product details

• Authors: B Khoo, B. Khoo, Boo Teik Khoo
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349443239
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44323-9
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction; Developmental Pathways to Pove; Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; B, Economic Policy, Economics, International Relations, macroeconomics, International Economics, Political Economy, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Monetary Economics, Management science, International Political Economy, Development Economics, Asia—Economic conditions, Asian Economics, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’, development;Industrialisierung;political economy;poverty