Social Roots of the Malay Left
by Rustam A. Sani

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Started reading 1 May 2008
Finished reading 3 May 2008

This is originally the author's dissertation when he was preparing for his Masters programme at university. The author shows through his research of available information that the Malay Left did not start as the Left of the Western ideals.

The historical journey of Malaysian politics conveniently groups certain associations that do not belong to the ruling class as the 'other'. That in a sense germinated the seeds of the Malay Left.

The author is lucid in this detailed study. A good background material for those who want to delve deeper into other groups that exist in the Malaysian political landscape.