Historical Development of the Federalism System in Malaysia: Post-Independence

DOI

10.2991/seiem-16.2016.132How to use a DOI?

Keywords

History, Federalism, Malaysia, Post-independence

Abstract

This article discusses the development of the federalism system in Malaysia post-Independence. Before the idea of a constitution was conceived through the Reid Commission, the concept of federalism had already permeated Malaya's administration system through the Treaty of Federation of Malaya but it had not been applied sustainably. After the Reid Commission meetings, the Malaysian government administration was strengthened by the federalism system through the Constitution of Malaysia. This paper aims to investigate the history of the implementation of the federalism system in Malaysia post-Independence. The entire research uses qualitative methods through literature review i.e. historical study and content analysis methods such as an in-depth review of the books in question. This paper finds that after Independence, the federalism system became the foundation of the Malaysian government administration.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wan Kamal Mujani
AU  - Wan Hamdi Wan Sulaiman
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Historical Development of the Federalism System in Malaysia: Post-Independence
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 514
EP  - 516
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/seiem-16.2016.132
DO  - 10.2991/seiem-16.2016.132
ID  - Mujani2016/12
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