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Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election

The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of civil disobedience and its impact on the 2008 Malaysia general election. This paper argues, after Abdullah Badawi took over as Prime Minister in October 2003 he promised to improve the democratization process by making several changes in the a...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Foundation International, New Delhi 2013
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JC Political theory
Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31494/1/CSS%2022%203%264%202013%2091-106.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.314942024-11-18T08:13:17Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31494/ Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus JC Political theory The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of civil disobedience and its impact on the 2008 Malaysia general election. This paper argues, after Abdullah Badawi took over as Prime Minister in October 2003 he promised to improve the democratization process by making several changes in the administration. However, he failed to implement the changes. Consequently, civil disobedience emerged, which in turn affected the performance of the Barisan Nasional (The National Front) in the 2008 general election. In this election, the Barisan Nasional (BN) failed to maintain their two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats and also lost five states to the opposition. Subsequently, Abdullah Badawi regigned a year later and replaced by his deputy Najib Razak Research Foundation International, New Delhi 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31494/1/CSS%2022%203%264%202013%2091-106.pdf Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah and Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus (2013) Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election. Contemporary social sciences, 22 (3&4). pp. 91-106. ISSN 0302-9298 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad-Agus-Yusoff/publication/311718121_Civil_Disobedience_and_its_Impact_on_2008_General_Election/links/5857ce8d08ae64cb3d47c6ff/Civil-Disobedience-and-its-Impact-on-2008-General-Election.pdf
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus
Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
description The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of civil disobedience and its impact on the 2008 Malaysia general election. This paper argues, after Abdullah Badawi took over as Prime Minister in October 2003 he promised to improve the democratization process by making several changes in the administration. However, he failed to implement the changes. Consequently, civil disobedience emerged, which in turn affected the performance of the Barisan Nasional (The National Front) in the 2008 general election. In this election, the Barisan Nasional (BN) failed to maintain their two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats and also lost five states to the opposition. Subsequently, Abdullah Badawi regigned a year later and replaced by his deputy Najib Razak
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author Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus
author_facet Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus
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title Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
title_short Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
title_full Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
title_fullStr Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
title_full_unstemmed Civil Disobedience and its Impact on 2008 General Election
title_sort civil disobedience and its impact on 2008 general election
publisher Research Foundation International, New Delhi
publishDate 2013
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31494/1/CSS%2022%203%264%202013%2091-106.pdf
https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31494/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad-Agus-Yusoff/publication/311718121_Civil_Disobedience_and_its_Impact_on_2008_General_Election/links/5857ce8d08ae64cb3d47c6ff/Civil-Disobedience-and-its-Impact-on-2008-General-Election.pdf
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