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Malaysia

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Public Administration

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  • Abdurrahman Güner

    (Grand National Assembly of Turkey)

Abstract

Malaysia was ruled, respectively, as Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonies for more than 400 years. After a long colonial history, Malaysia gained independence in 1957. Standing out ethnic pluralism and multiculturalism, Malaysia has a unique way of determining the head of the state. Malaysia is governed by a parliamentary monarchy where the head of state has symbolic powers, while the executive responsibility is in the Cabinet led by the Prime Minister. Local governments in Malaysia are organized as a part of the states’ central government. Local administrative bodies come to power not by election, but through appointment by the state government. One of the most important events that marked the recent history of Malaysia is the 1969 ethnic riot. After the riot, fearing that Malays would lose their control on Malaysia, Malaysian governments made a number of administrative, economic and legal arrangements. As a result of these regulations, freedom of association has been restricted and Malay domination has increased in the public sector. However, the development of civil society has not stopped. With the development of civil society, privatization practices and Public-Private Partnership methods have been used frequently after the 1990s. Civil service is career-oriented but dominated by Malays.

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  • Abdurrahman Güner, 2022. "Malaysia," Springer Books, in: Murat Önder & Israel Nyaburi Nyadera & Md. Nazmul Islam (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Public Administration, pages 479-505, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-1208-5_17
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1208-5_17
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