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It is not easy being a Museum Director in Malaysia — culture and history are seen as sensitive subjects, always viewed through ethnic and political lenses, and national narratives are highly contested. This study of Malaysia's National Museum serves as a backdrop for the study of the tensions in Malaysia's national narratives as expressed in museum displays and designs.

Centralized governments all over the word are decentralizing fiscal, political and administrative responsibilities to lower-level government and private sector. Political pressure probably drives most of the decentralization efforts. But whatever the origins, decentralization can have repercussions for resource mobilization and allocation and ultimately for macroeconomic stability, service delivery and equity. Most of the literature on decentr...

At a watershed moment in the scholarly approach to the history of this important region, New Terrains in Southeast Asian History captures the richness and diversity of historical discourse among Southeast Asian scholars.