Research Catalog

Title

Malaysia's demographic transition : rapid development, culture, and politics / Richart Leete.

Author

Leete, Richard.

Publication

Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Description

xxi, 222 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

• This book is an important contribution to the understanding of the demography of Malaysia - a country abundant in land and natural resources but with a long history, spanning through its pre-independence era to the present day, of a shortage of people and human resources. The book's main focus is on changes and differentials in fertility behaviour, their causes, and their consequences.
• It outlines the modern history of changes in Malaysia's population and the economic, social, political, and cultural context within which the changes have occurred. It gives a detailed analysis of the dimensions of the fertility transition that has occurred, at differing paces and to differing degrees, among the three major communities in the states of Peninsular Malaysia since independence in 1957. A study is also made of the mortality and fertility changes that have occurred among the main communities in the lesser developed states of Sabah and Sarawak.
• Demographic changes that have occurred among the Malays, Chinese, and Indians in Malaysia are compared and contrasted with those that have taken place among similar cultural groups elsewhere in South-East and East Asia. It concludes by giving the likely demographic scenario that Malaysia will follow as it progresses towards becoming a fully developed nation by the year 2020.

Series Statement

South-East Asian social science monographs

Uniform Title

South-East Asian social science monographs.

Subjects

• Population forecasting > Malaysia
• Birth control > Malaysia
• Demographic transition > Malaysia
• Fertility, Human > Malaysia
• Malaysia > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and Background -- 2. Theories of Fertility Transition -- 3. Overview of Fertility Changes in the Peninsula -- 4. Chinese and Indian Fertility Transition by State -- 5. Malay Fertility Changes by State -- 6. Demographic Change in Sabah and Sarawak -- 7. Demographic Changes in Malaysia Compared with Similar Groups in East and South-East Asia -- 8. Implications of Malaysian Fertility Transition for Theory and Policy -- 9. The Demographic Context of Vision 2020.

ISBN

967653109X (boards)

LCCN

95040952

OCLC

• 33132181
• ocm33132181

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries