Malaysia The Welfare State?
By Tricia Yeoh
October 2011 STATES OF REFORM
“Welfare policies” are always controversial issues for various reasons. Who gets what and why is the major question. In Malaysia, answering “who” leads quickly to debates on class and race and what-not, answering “what” leads to fiscal arguments and answering “why” leads to ideological quarrels. Be that as it may, Malaysia has always had interventionist governance, and the new disputes are welcomed for highlighting what nation building is about.EVER SINCE THE Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) muktamar in June, which had...
Tricia Yeoh
has previously worked with the Selangor state government and is now attached to a market research consultancy.
