Ethnicity and the Economy: The State, Chinese Business, and Multinationals in Malaysia.

THE ETHNIC FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT: The limits of rational economic models The psychology and politics of ethnic claims the ethnic framework of development methodology, propositions and data THE COLONIAL IMPACT: Introduction historical background ethnicity and economic segmentation the making of ethnic political structures THE RESTRAINED RULE OF THE STATE 1957-1969 Introduction departing from the colonial framework constraints to state expansion preserving the foreigners' role the spread of Chinese business Malay business developments the breakdown of the Laissez-Faire framework conclusion THE ENLARGED STATE: Introduction gearing for state expansion the state as entrepreneur pernas and PNB other sectors the SEDCs the state and private Malay capitalists group worth and support for the state the over-burdened state conclusion THE STATE AND CHINESE BUSINESS Introdution the emerging economic environment the limits and possibilities of economic protest the NEP and Chinese strategies of accommodation the failure of a state-capitalist alliance conclusion THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONALS introduction state interests and the business climate capitalizing on international diversity labour intensive, export-oriented production casting the multinational net widely foreign investment and economic crisis.