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Book SynopsisThis book considers Malaysia-Singapore relations from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Geographical proximity, historical linkages, material flows, and movements have long connected the peoples and territories of Malaysia and Singapore in various ways and with varying degrees of intensity. Relations between the two countries have been shaped not only by competing visions of the nation and the different trajectories taken by these countries' nation-building projects, but also by the reality of economic interdependence and competition, security cooperation, and increasing embeddedness in the market-created East Asian region. The thirteen essays on history, politics, regional security, law, and economy collectively aim at a multi-dimensional study that seeks to convey the density and complexity of connections 'across the Causeway'.
Table of ContentsAcross the Causeway: A Multi-dimensional Study of Malaysia-Singapore Relations; Preliminary pages; 1. Introduction, by Takashi Shiraishi; 2. British Policy Across the Causeway, 1942-71: Territorial Merger as a Strategy of Imperial Disengagement, by A J Stockwell; 3. Politics Divided: Malaysia-Singapore Relations, by Ooi Keat Gin; 4. Seeds of Separation, by Mohamad Abu Bakar; 5. Political Relations, by Carlyle A. Thayer; 6. The Politics of Becoming "Malaysian" and "Singaporean", by Albert Lau; 7. Johor in Malaysia-Singapore Relations, by Kamarulnizam Abdullah; 8. Politics and International Relations: The Singapore Perspective, by N Ganesan; 9. Malaysian Constitutional Perspectives on the Admission and Separation of Singapore, by Abdul Aziz Bari; 10. Security Relations, by Carlyle A. Thayer; 11. Regional Security: The Singapore Perspective, by N Ganesan; 12. Managing the Threats of Muslim Radicalism in Post-September 11 Incidents, by Kamarulnizam Abdullah; 13. Economic Relations: Competing or Complementary?, by Teofilo C Daquila; 14. Malaysia-Singapore Economic Relations: Once Partners, Now Rivals. What Next?, by Mahani Zainal Abidin; 15. Singapore's Perspective on Economic Relations with Malaysia, by Linda Low Lee Poh Onn.
