Counting ethnicity: The national economic policy and social integration

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-52

  Cheong, Kee Cheok ^a   Nagaraj, Shyamala ^a   Lee, Kiong Hock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Economic policy; Ethnicity; Malaysia; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951557954     PISSN: 15114554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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