Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia

In a hegemonic consociational system practised in Malaysia, the Opposition can hardly play a dominant role in making democracy work. Nevertheless, a content analysis of the debates in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 2003 show that the opposition members have contributed to the process...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Omar, Muhamad Fuzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/1/parliamentary_behaviour.pdf
_version_ 1848781789629251584
author Omar, Muhamad Fuzi
author_facet Omar, Muhamad Fuzi
author_sort Omar, Muhamad Fuzi
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
description In a hegemonic consociational system practised in Malaysia, the Opposition can hardly play a dominant role in making democracy work. Nevertheless, a content analysis of the debates in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 2003 show that the opposition members have contributed to the process of check and balance in the government by asking questions to relevant ministries and by initiating adjournment motions. In the process, they not merely attacked the government for their failure but also suggested alternative policies some of which were implemented by the ruling coalition
first_indexed 2025-11-14T15:55:09Z
format Article
id iium-39473
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T15:55:09Z
publishDate 2008
publisher IIUM Press
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling iium-394732014-12-03T00:58:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/ Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia Omar, Muhamad Fuzi JA Political science (General) In a hegemonic consociational system practised in Malaysia, the Opposition can hardly play a dominant role in making democracy work. Nevertheless, a content analysis of the debates in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 2003 show that the opposition members have contributed to the process of check and balance in the government by asking questions to relevant ministries and by initiating adjournment motions. In the process, they not merely attacked the government for their failure but also suggested alternative policies some of which were implemented by the ruling coalition IIUM Press 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/1/parliamentary_behaviour.pdf Omar, Muhamad Fuzi (2008) Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia. Intellectual Discourse, 16 (1). pp. 21-48. ISSN 0128-4878 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam
spellingShingle JA Political science (General)
Omar, Muhamad Fuzi
Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title_full Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title_fullStr Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title_short Parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in Malaysia
title_sort parliamentary behaviour of the members of opposition political parties in malaysia
topic JA Political science (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39473/1/parliamentary_behaviour.pdf