The Singapore Dilemma: The Political and Educational Marginality of the Malay Community (South-East Asian Social Science Monographs)

This study examines the factors that have contributed to the persisting socio-economic marginality of the Singapore Malay Community. It proposes that this problem requires a national solution as it is organically connected to the social, economic, and political challenges confronting the multiethnic island republic. "This book examines the factors that have contributed to the persisting socio-economic marginality of the Singapore Malay community. Since the colonial era, the cultural deficit explanation has remained the dominant explanation for their marginality. The relevance and accuracy of this explanation is investigated within an ideological and political context. The study also attempts to provide a holistic understanding of the Malay marginality issue, the extent to which this is a manifestation of a constellation of complex historical, political, institutional, and class-based factors."--Jacket