Modes of Production, Ethnicity and Class in the Kuala Kedah Fishing Community of West Malaysia

KAMARUDDIN M SAID (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, kms1988@ukm.my)

Abstract


This article discusses the existence of two modes of production namely, the pre-capitalist and the capitalist modes of production, within the socio-economic formation of the Kuala Kedah fishing community in Peninsular Malaysia. The existence of these two modes of production within a single socio-economic formation is discussed by relating it to various forms of ethnic and class relations. The whole discussion is focused on the theoretical implications emerged from this case study.

ABSTRAK

Artikel inimemperkatakan tentang kewujudan dua ragam pengeluaran, iaitu ragam pengeluaran prakitalis dan ragam pengeluaran kapitalis, dalam bentukan sosial perikanan di Kuala Kedah, Semenanjung Malaysia. Kewujudan dua ragam pengeluaran dalam suatu bentukan sosial ini diperkatakan dengan mengaitkannya dengan kewujudan bentuk-bentuk perhubungan di kalangan kumpulan-kumpulan ethnik dan kelas sosial yang berbeda. Keseluruhan perbincangan tertumpu kepada implikasi teoritis yang terjelma menerusi kajian kes ini.


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