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The Malay Dilemma Revisited: Race Dynamics in Modern Malaysia

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Thrilled to find a book that is so well written and reader friendly. This timely book not only highlights Malaysia's race relations and the shortcomings of its economic policies, but also offers refreshingly commonsensical solutions. One wonders why Malaysian leaders have not thought of them.

This book is obviously a response to the original "The Malay Dilemma," written by Mahathir Mohammad in 1970. Mahathir is now Malaysia's present Prime Minister and this book takes a critical look at his social and economic policies.

I particularly like the chapter that compares and contrasts Malaysia's race problems to that of America and that of the English/French conflict in Canada. Although the book focuses primarily on race relations in Malaysia, the author's perspectives and analyses could well apply to other multicultural nations.

This book is a must read for those interested in race relations generally, and for students of Southeast Asian Studies.

The author is a straight shooter, from neutral perspective unclouded by political biasness. Credit was given to those who deserve it (even to Mahathir, so no, this is not blind fury anti-Mahathir book) and vice versa. Unlike most literature on Malay politics and social issues, this one wasn't written with the intention to please any party.

Brilliant refutation on the points put forward by Dr Mahathir in his book "The Malay Dilemma" - The problem is not with the people ...(read it find out more...)

Explains accurately the evolution and factors that shapes the psyche of the Malay people and the root cause of the problems they are facing. The mistakes that the governement had done which the Malay people had to endure. The author supports his arguments (like the "Sultan syndrome") accurately by drawing from his own experiences with certain government officials.

This book is both enlightening and entertaining. The best book I have read pertaining to the issues of the Malay people. A must read to all Malaysians, especially the government officials.