Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific

Norman Vasu is an Assistant Professor in the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University Yolanda Chin is a Research Fellow in the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University Kam-yee Law is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Introduction: Un/settled Narrations: Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific Part 1: Constructing Commonality and the Nation 1. Rethinking the Who, What and When: Why not Singaporean Military Heroes? 2. The Nation and its Murals: A Reading of Malaysian Images, 1957-1969 Part 2: Competing Narratives Clash 3. Between Assimilation and Multiculturalism: Social Resilience and the Governance of Diversity in Singapore 4. (Un)Problematic Multiculturalism: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Cohesion in New Zealand 5. Colonialism, Sinicization and Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong: Social exclusion and barely citizenship 6. Globalization, Multicultural Society and Consensus Politics in S. Korea Part 3: Resisting dominant narratives 7. Managing Conflict in Canberra: National Identity and Narrating Difference 8. Renegotiating Unity and Diversity: Problematic Multiculturalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia