Plural Society In Malaysia

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Plural society in malaysia. Immigrants flowing in during the 1700s mainly from china and south and north india. A plural society is defined by fredrik barth as a society combining ethnic contrasts. Since the formation of malaysia in 1963 most of the ethnic groups in the country lived together in peacefully and harmoniously. Rex has attempted to set out a theory of the plural society which does justice to marxian and other theories as well as those of smith.

Malaysia malaysia is well known for its cultural diversity. In malaysia the level of social interaction in plural society is minimal. The ecological interdependence or the lack of competition between ethnic groups may be based on the different activities in the same region or on long. And yet this is my.

Regardless of our background and origins we can still openly accept the differences between other ethnics with less friction. According to the new straits times of december 28 2011 the political powers governance of a plural society should take into consideration the plurality diverse identities of the nation it governs. Plural society malaysias strength the multiculturalism witnessed in malaysia has served to put the countrys leaders in check. I m a semester 4 student from uitm seremban.

I made this video by using the apps filmorago. S furnival he claims that the concept of plural contemporary society is a catagorisation of ethnic categories who live under one political unit but aren t intergrated hj. Originally from china originally from india. The economic interdependence of those groups and their ecological specialization i e use of different environmental resources by each ethnic group.

Plural society in malaysia 1. Multi cultural multi religious and multi linguistic society. This is our video presentation for our assignment project pad270 subject. Ethnic composition of the malaysian population malay chinese and indian are the largest ethnic groups in west malaysia the ethnic groups in sabah and sarawak is even bigger such as kadazan iban murut iban bajau bidayuh and so on.

Introduction malaysia is a fairly small country known for it being a cultural hotpot. The term plural itself refers to more than one person and the term contemporary society refers to the individuals in a country waters and bull 2007.