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New York, USA: iUniverse, Date: 1999. First edition. Paperback. Good. Bakri Musa sets out to analyse Mahathir Mohammed's The Malaysian Dilemma to determine whether the ideas for strengthening Malay economic influence have been effective in achieving their goals. Although he finds that a stable Bumiputra class has been successfully created, the class is competotively weak. The author proposes alternative strategies. 369 pages with list of acronyms, Malaysian phrases, references and index. Weight: 0.8.kg. Covers suffer from some shelfwear, mild tanning throughout, and the corners of less than ten pages have been folded over. 1999. iUniverse ISBN 1583483675 9781583483671 [MY]
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ISBN10: 1583483675, ISBN13: 9781583483671, [publisher: Iuniverse] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Malay Dilemma Revisited is a critical and balanced analysis of Malaysia's preferential race policy and its impact on the nation's delicate race dynamics and economy. Unlike America's affirmative action, Malaysia's version is far more aggressive and pervasive and has been remarkably successful in creating a sizable and stable Bumiputra (indigenous group) middle class. The price tag is significant: distortion of freemarket dynamics and consequent inefficiency. Perversely, the policy impairs rather than strengthens Bumiputras' ability to compete.In contrast to quotas and other set-aside programs that are the hallmark of the current policy, the writer presents an alternative strategy aimed primarily at enhancing Bumiputra competitiveness. The proposed approach would not negatively impact the economy nor interfere with the freemarket. Equally important, it would not arouse resentment from other Malaysians. The first objective would be to modernize the nation's archaic educational system to emphasize English, mathematics, the sciences, and technical training. Secondly, the influences of religious and royal institutions must be curtailed, and the rates of urbanization and population growth reduced. The primary objective is in enhancing competitiveness, not on meeting arbitrarily picked numerical goals an ...
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