After a few decades of The New Economic Policy (NEP) designed to improve the financial standing of Malays through affirmative action, Ye examines its effects generally and on the Chinese community in Malaysia in particular. The book is partly in response to Mahathir's The Malay Dilemma, which inspired the NEP. However it mainly seeks to examine and often dispute various Chinese community grouses about life after the NEP, which the author generally supports. Well written and cogently argued. Paperback 197 pages with an index and a bibliography. Chapters include

• Political Backdrop,
• Seeds of Discord,
• The Malay Dilemma Revisited,
• Chinese Grievances,
• The American Dilemma,
• Affirmative Action: American and Malaysian Experiences,
•  Criticisms of Affirmative Action,
• Immigrant Chinese Society,
• The Ugly Chinaman,
• Minority Experiences Compared,
• Cultural Crossing,
• Striking a Balance,
• The New Economic Policy a Recapitulation. Weight 0.50 Kg. Postage within Malaysia is free

Published by East-West Editions, Kingsford, NSW, Australia 2003

. 3rd Printing

Condition: The book looks new except minor tanning on the text block.