Social and Political Deglobalisation: Covid-19, Conflict, and Uncertainties in Malaysia

Khoo Ying Hooi (Curatore)

Kavitha Ganesan (Curatore)

Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2024

This book focuses on the discourse of de-globalisation in Malaysia by looking at the implications of this process politically, economically, socially, and environmentally. The rise of right-wing political parties and a decline in global economic interdependence have rapidly fuelled the de-globalisation process by creating conflicts and uncertainties in many parts of the world. The battle against the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred a great challenge among the global community, thus becoming a catalyst in the de-globalising process worldwide. While there have been contested opinions on whether we are now in the temporary phase of de-globalisation, what is clear is that the pandemic adds momentum to the trend. Now that the world has entered the post-Covid-19 phase, is the discourse of de-globalisation still relevant?  Since the emergence of this pandemic, Malaysia has been facing not only a change of government but also a rapid decline in its economy, a rise in unemployment and living costs, with the human rights situation deteriorating as the State of Emergency was imposed. All of these add up to a shift toward de-globalisation. Chapters in this book, therefore, engage with this issue from different perspectives, such as conventional warfare, bio-constitutional implications to the right to health, labour, migrants and refugees, digital education, indigenous people and so forth.

• Curatore: Khoo Ying Hooi, Kavitha Ganesan
• Editore: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 210 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• Peso: 426 gr.
• EAN: 9789819968220

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