Power and Politics: The Story of Malaysia's Orang Asli

This work is about the Orang Asli, an indigenous minority people inhabitiing West Malaysia. The study of three time periods (pre-colonial, colonial and post-independence) reveals the Orang Asli have developed a common pan-Orang Asli identity and political consciousness. This research contributes to applied political science by identifying a polity among the Orang Asli, and thus refutes earlier scholarly work portraying the Orang Asli as a fragmented people void of political import. ..