Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia

This paper discusses on the principles of Asian values, propagated by Malaysia fourth prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Islam Hadhari by the fifth prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and 1Malaysia by the current prime minister Najib Razak. This paper gives a special attention to Abdullah and Islam...

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Main Authors: Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin, Yusof, Nofhafezah, Kasim, Azahar, Omar, Rusdi
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spelling my.uum.repo.72472013-11-19T06:49:08Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/7247/ Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Yusof, Nofhafezah Kasim, Azahar Omar, Rusdi JQ Political institutions Asia This paper discusses on the principles of Asian values, propagated by Malaysia fourth prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Islam Hadhari by the fifth prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and 1Malaysia by the current prime minister Najib Razak. This paper gives a special attention to Abdullah and Islam Hadhari because it links the Mahathir’s period to current Najib’s leadership. The intension of this paper is to prove that actually these concepts are similar in theory and practice in stressing more on Islam and neo-feudalistic Malay agenda. In fact, Islam Hadhari is ironically a concept created by Mahathir himself to counter the idea of Islamic State from the Islamic party, PAS. Therefore, even after resigning from government, Mahathir’s agenda of Asian values is still being practiced.Najib Razak, current Prime Minister, on the other hand intended to promote quality leadership performance for the public and unity among the multiracial Malaysia.Although there are differences in term of the arguments for each of the idea, it is clear that these ideas or philosophies attempt to protect the real agenda of those three leaders which were to protect the political culture of neo-feudalism and ensure the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan Nasional (BN) will stay in power.This paper shows the debates between scholars in explaining the ideas and philosophies behind those three concepts in Malaysia’s realpolitik. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/7247/1/3687.pdf Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin and Yusof, Nofhafezah and Kasim, Azahar and Omar, Rusdi (2009) Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia. Journal of Politics and Law, 2 (3). pp. 110-118. ISSN 1913-9047 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/issue/view/175
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Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
Yusof, Nofhafezah
Kasim, Azahar
Omar, Rusdi
Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia
description This paper discusses on the principles of Asian values, propagated by Malaysia fourth prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Islam Hadhari by the fifth prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and 1Malaysia by the current prime minister Najib Razak. This paper gives a special attention to Abdullah and Islam Hadhari because it links the Mahathir’s period to current Najib’s leadership. The intension of this paper is to prove that actually these concepts are similar in theory and practice in stressing more on Islam and neo-feudalistic Malay agenda. In fact, Islam Hadhari is ironically a concept created by Mahathir himself to counter the idea of Islamic State from the Islamic party, PAS. Therefore, even after resigning from government, Mahathir’s agenda of Asian values is still being practiced.Najib Razak, current Prime Minister, on the other hand intended to promote quality leadership performance for the public and unity among the multiracial Malaysia.Although there are differences in term of the arguments for each of the idea, it is clear that these ideas or philosophies attempt to protect the real agenda of those three leaders which were to protect the political culture of neo-feudalism and ensure the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan Nasional (BN) will stay in power.This paper shows the debates between scholars in explaining the ideas and philosophies behind those three concepts in Malaysia’s realpolitik.
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author Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
Yusof, Nofhafezah
Kasim, Azahar
Omar, Rusdi
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Yusof, Nofhafezah
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Omar, Rusdi
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title Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia
title_short Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia
title_full Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia
title_fullStr Malaysia in transition: A comparative analysis of Asian values, Islam Hadhari and 1Malaysia
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