Global Actor and Marginalized Society in Maritime Southeast Asia : A Comparative Study on the Social Dynamics of Development Process

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This research project aimed at comparatively exploring dynamics of the development processes among the Sama(Bajau) as a marginalized society in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia since the 1960s. The development processes were closely related to the national policies. Meanwhile, the development projects have been arranged in highly globalized circumstances since the 1990s. In the latter process, the Sama became more conscious of their social status than previously, and begun to organize various social activities to de-marginalize themselves in all the three countries. We have depicted the cases of this social phenomenon and examined the local historical contexts.