Conflicting premises in race relations: beyond resolution? / Qasim Ahmad

• Main Author: Ahmad, Qasim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 2004
• Subjects: Public policy (General). Policy sciences; Races. Including race as a social group and race relations in general
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42791/1/42791.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42791/; https://jas.uitm.edu.my/index.php/14-archieve-2015/32-volume-1-no-1-june-2004
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Needless to say, the issue of race relations in Malaysia can be viewed from a number of perspectives. K.J. Ratnam, analyzing the question (in pre Malaysia Malaya), for instance, opted for an approach that emphasized the communal factor. This factor, to him, supercedes the economic one in importance...