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This article evaluates the effects of globalization on the indigenous peoples (IPS) of Sarawak, Malaysia and on the process of democratization and other political processes in this region. The author concludes that democratization allows people to control how globalization impacts their lives by placing it at a local level and thus empowering the people; examples of this include IPS protesting against the state's environmental policies by unlawful occupation of state-owned lands and putting up blockades, and with the intervention of international nongovernmental organizations forcing the government to take the issue seriously.
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The prominence of English in Malaysia suggests a one-way flow of globalization; the author examines local usage and perspectives of the language as used by three Malaysian writers to evaluate this assertion. The superiority of English is questioned by developing a familiarity with it; the colonial language is used to explore the history of Malaysia, its society and cultural identity; a more pluralistic view of culture, politics and the economy is demanded, in order to control globalization's imperializing tendencies.
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This article examines the impact of development policies on ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia. The author, maintaining that governmental development policies are often harmful to minorities and indigenous peoples, argues that ethnodevelopment, a process in which policy making is sensitive to the needs of minorities and indigenous, as well as controlled by them, is a potential solution.
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