Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era

Upon being elected as Prime Minister in 2003, Abdullah Badawi promised to make changes in the political and administrative aspects. However, four years into his leadership, the promise remained unfulfilled and this led to the dissatisfaction among the people. The purpose of this paper is to analyze...

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Main Authors:	Zawiyah Mohd Zain, Mohammad Agus Yusoff
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2012
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spelling	ukm-53622016-12-14T06:38:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5362/ Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era Zawiyah Mohd Zain, Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Upon being elected as Prime Minister in 2003, Abdullah Badawi promised to make changes in the political and administrative aspects. However, four years into his leadership, the promise remained unfulfilled and this led to the dissatisfaction among the people. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the emergence of civil disobedience during Abdullah Badawi’s era and its impact upon the election and democratization process. This article argues that civil disobedience occurred due to four factors, namely unfulfilled promise to reform, economic problem, corruption in government and the government’s failure to handle racial issues. Consequently, the National Front coalition failed to gain the two-thirds majority of seats during the 2008 parliamentary general elections and at the same time lost five states to the opposition. Second, even though the emergence of civil disobedience failed to create a change of government, however, it has been able to give birth to cyber democracy and create awareness among Malaysians to challenge the Abdullah Badawi’s leadership of the government. Penerbit UKM 2012-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5362/1/Zawiyah%2520Mohd%2520Zain%2520and%2520Mohammad%2520Agus%2520Yusoff%252039%2520%281%29%2520%28July%25202012%29.pdf Zawiyah Mohd Zain, and Mohammad Agus Yusoff, (2012) Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 39 (1). pp. 1-23. ISSN 2180-0251 http://www.ukm.my/jebat/v2
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description	Upon being elected as Prime Minister in 2003, Abdullah Badawi promised to make changes in the political and administrative aspects. However, four years into his leadership, the promise remained unfulfilled and this led to the dissatisfaction among the people. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the emergence of civil disobedience during Abdullah Badawi’s era and its impact upon the election and democratization process. This article argues that civil disobedience occurred due to four factors, namely unfulfilled promise to reform, economic problem, corruption in government and the government’s failure to handle racial issues. Consequently, the National Front coalition failed to gain the two-thirds majority of seats during the 2008 parliamentary general elections and at the same time lost five states to the opposition. Second, even though the emergence of civil disobedience failed to create a change of government, however, it has been able to give birth to cyber democracy and create awareness among Malaysians to challenge the Abdullah Badawi’s leadership of the government.
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title	Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era
title_short	Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era
title_full	Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era
title_fullStr	Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era
title_full_unstemmed	Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era
title_sort	civil disobedience and its impact on democratization during abdullah badawi`s era
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2012
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Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era

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