Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance

After the 2008 General Election, Malaysians were witnessing dynamics of a federal system of government after being ruled by the same coalition parties of Barisan Nasional (National Front) since Independence. When the coalition of Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Front) won five states in the 2008 General El...

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Main Authors:	Muslim, Nazri, Jalil, Faridah, Musa, Nurhafilah, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin, Md Khalid, Rasyikah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences (AJSBS) 2015
Subjects:	JA Political science (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43837/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43837/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43837/1/Article_AJSBS.pdf

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spelling	iium-438372017-11-24T03:27:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43837/ Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance Muslim, Nazri Jalil, Faridah Musa, Nurhafilah Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Md Khalid, Rasyikah JA Political science (General) KPG Malaysia After the 2008 General Election, Malaysians were witnessing dynamics of a federal system of government after being ruled by the same coalition parties of Barisan Nasional (National Front) since Independence. When the coalition of Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Front) won five states in the 2008 General Election, many intergovernmental conflicts occurred. Pre-2008, the conflict was confined to family matters such as legal effects of conversion to Islam in a non-Muslim marriage. Post 2008, the federal conflict entered the public law sphere involving a legal tussle between the federal government and the state of Kelantan in the petroleum royalty issue. These federal conflicts have been highlighted in the mass media, catapulting the public from being ignorant about federalism to being curious as to which level of government actually has the power to manage the issues raised. A quantitative study was conducted to find out Malaysians’ level of knowledge, understanding, acceptance and perception towards the federal system in the country. The paper discusses some of the outcomes of the study. Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences (AJSBS) 2015-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43837/1/Article_AJSBS.pdf Muslim, Nazri and Jalil, Faridah and Musa, Nurhafilah and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin and Md Khalid, Rasyikah (2015) Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance. Australian Journal of Sustainable Business and Society, 1 (1). pp. 109-118. ISSN 2204-7751 (O), 2204-681X (P) https://www.aabss.org.au/research-papers/malaysian-federalism-%E2%80%93-issues-and-acceptance-0
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description	After the 2008 General Election, Malaysians were witnessing dynamics of a federal system of government after being ruled by the same coalition parties of Barisan Nasional (National Front) since Independence. When the coalition of Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Front) won five states in the 2008 General Election, many intergovernmental conflicts occurred. Pre-2008, the conflict was confined to family matters such as legal effects of conversion to Islam in a non-Muslim marriage. Post 2008, the federal conflict entered the public law sphere involving a legal tussle between the federal government and the state of Kelantan in the petroleum royalty issue. These federal conflicts have been highlighted in the mass media, catapulting the public from being ignorant about federalism to being curious as to which level of government actually has the power to manage the issues raised. A quantitative study was conducted to find out Malaysians’ level of knowledge, understanding, acceptance and perception towards the federal system in the country. The paper discusses some of the outcomes of the study.
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author	Muslim, Nazri Jalil, Faridah Musa, Nurhafilah Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Md Khalid, Rasyikah
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title	Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
title_short	Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
title_full	Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
title_fullStr	Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
title_full_unstemmed	Malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
title_sort	malaysian federalism: issues and acceptance
publisher	Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences (AJSBS)
publishDate	2015
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