Contents :- List of tables, figures, and maps - Acknowledgements - Abbreviation - 1. Institutions and social mobilization - 2. Nation building and formation of social movement - 3. Challenges and adaptions - 4. Leaders, alliances, and politics - 5. Mobilization machinery - 6. Social mobilization in non-liberal democracies - Appendices - Appendix 1: list of JIaozong's members - Appendix 2:lList of Dongzong's members - Appendix 3: list of independent Chinese secondary schools in Malaysia - Appendix 4: distribution of Dongzong executive branch staff by academic qualification, age, and years of service - Bibliography - Glossary of non-English text - Index - About the author