Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of perspective transformation in the aftermath of the economic and political turmoil of the late 1990s in Malaysia. The study is guided by the following research questions: (1) What triggered the perspective transformation among the selected indi...

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Main Author:	Kamis, Mazalan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Political science - Malaysia. Transformative learning - Malaysia.
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9331/1/FPP_2002_23.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.93312024-02-20T01:53:52Z Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia 2002-04 Kamis, Mazalan The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of perspective transformation in the aftermath of the economic and political turmoil of the late 1990s in Malaysia. The study is guided by the following research questions: (1) What triggered the perspective transformation among the selected individuals, (2) How did the process of perspective transformation occur among the selected individuals, (3) What facilitated the process of perspective transformation as experienced by the selected individuals. The researcher conducted a case study on Malaysia's tenth General Election (GE) in 1999. Ten participants were interviewed in this study. They consist of educated Malays with an average age of forty years old, married with an average of four children, and living and/or working in the Klang Valley. The participants were selected using the snowballing sampling technique. They were chosen based on the following criteria: (1) changing political party membership, (2) voting against one's own party, (3) applying to register as a voter, which was never done before, despite eligibility, and (4) being actively involved in election campaigns. The primary data collection technique used in this qualitative case study was the interviews. A question guide was developed and refined for use in the interviews. The interviews were taped and conducted in a mixture of languages, Bahasa Melayu and English, as such mixture is common among the urban educated Malays .The taped interviews were transcribed verbatim. Political science - Malaysia. Transformative learning - Malaysia. 2002-04 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9331/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9331/1/FPP_2002_23.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Political science - Malaysia. Transformative learning - Malaysia. Faculty of Educational Studies Muhamad, Mazanah English
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topic	Political science - Malaysia. Transformative learning - Malaysia.
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description	The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of perspective transformation in the aftermath of the economic and political turmoil of the late 1990s in Malaysia. The study is guided by the following research questions: (1) What triggered the perspective transformation among the selected individuals, (2) How did the process of perspective transformation occur among the selected individuals, (3) What facilitated the process of perspective transformation as experienced by the selected individuals. The researcher conducted a case study on Malaysia's tenth General Election (GE) in 1999. Ten participants were interviewed in this study. They consist of educated Malays with an average age of forty years old, married with an average of four children, and living and/or working in the Klang Valley. The participants were selected using the snowballing sampling technique. They were chosen based on the following criteria: (1) changing political party membership, (2) voting against one's own party, (3) applying to register as a voter, which was never done before, despite eligibility, and (4) being actively involved in election campaigns. The primary data collection technique used in this qualitative case study was the interviews. A question guide was developed and refined for use in the interviews. The interviews were taped and conducted in a mixture of languages, Bahasa Melayu and English, as such mixture is common among the urban educated Malays .The taped interviews were transcribed verbatim.
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author	Kamis, Mazalan
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title	Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia
title_short	Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia
title_full	Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Rising Political Conciousness: Transformative Learning Among Educated Urban Malays in Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9331/1/FPP_2002_23.pdf
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