scholarly journals Constitution and Building of Nation-State in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Nazri Muslim ◽  
Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan ◽  
Khairul Hamimah Mohammad Jodi
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
National Language ◽  
Nation State ◽  
National Unity ◽  
The People ◽  
Diverse Cultures

The building of a nation-state is very relevant to Malaysia in facing various challenges that take place especially in terms of the diverse cultures, languages, ethnic groups and religions. khususnya dari perspektif kepelbagaian culture, language, etnik dan religion. The building of nation-state stems from the existence of the nation and the nation produces a country. Nation-state is the formation of a country based on the process of national unity and consolidated by the bordering of certain territories as its identity. Malaysia comprising of the community of various ethnic groups has faced many challenges in the process of the building of the nation-state involving language, religion, globalisation and constitutional issues. In the context of Malaysia, the building of a nation-state refers to the people of various ethnicity who need to identify themselves with this country, speak in the national language, and support the constitution which is the highest law of the country containing the 'social contract' that needs to be understood in the effort to unite Malaysians. Thus, this article will analyse the role of the constitution as one of the main elements in the building of a nation-state in Malaysia.

scholarly journals ETNISITAS, POLITIK, DAN PEMBANGUNAN NEGARA BANGSA DI MALAYSIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Maiwan
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
National Language ◽  
Nation State ◽  
National Unity ◽  
National Integration ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Ethnic Factors

Malaysia is a multiethnic country, in which ethnic factors as the basis of political interests. So far, efforts to create national integration have been directed at strengthening relations between ethnic groups and creating a political balance for all peoples. Efforts to build a nation state are conducted through policy: political cooperation, economic affirmation for ethnic Malays, education, and strengthening the position of Malay as the national language. The challenge to the nation state development in Malaysia emerged during the economic crisis of 1998. The conflict brought political divisions among Malaysians, especially Malays. After Mahathir Mohamad's reign, efforts to promote national unity were carried out by introducing a moderate and tolerant concept of Islam Hadhari. During the leadership of Najib Razak, efforts to build a nation state were undertaken under the idea of One Malaysia. One of the challenges of developing a nation today is: The widening of gaps, racial prejudices, increased group identity, intolerance and corruption.

scholarly journals Coda: Ten Questions for a Diplomat

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Weisbrode
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Foreign Service ◽  
The People ◽  
Politics And Culture ◽  
Historic Change

AbstractThomas Niles served as a United States foreign service officer from 1962 to 1998. His service included three terms as ambassador: to Canada, the European Community, and Greece. He reflects here on the continuities in the diplomatic profession, and, in particular, on embassies, during a period of notable historic change. While many of the protocols and responsibilities of embassies remained more or less the same as they had been for over a century, there were hints that those, too, were about to change in unforeseen ways, even calling into question the central role of embassies as representing and serving the nation-state, as the other articles in this issue discuss. Nevertheless, to this ambassador, at least, even dramatic changes in technology, politics, and culture rarely happen all at once; and the institutions and the people adapting to them may be more cautious or durable than they sometimes appear in retrospect.

scholarly journals Languages Speak Reconciliation: An Interdisciplinary Study on the Impact of National Language in Post War Reconciliation Sri Lanka

2022 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 665-679
Author(s):  
Aruna Jayathilaka ◽  
Thisiri Medagama ◽  
Udeshini Panadare ◽  
Prawardhani Menike
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
National Language ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Post War ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Impact

The Role of National Language is endorsed in different contexts and it has triggered an inspirited debate within the Sri Lankan political history when its discriminatory nature policies marked a triumph of linguist nationalism. The recognition of the Sinhala language as the only National Language in Sri Lanka and its dominance, drifted both communities apart causing frustration and tension among ethnic groups, which have ultimately culminated in ethnic strife that lasted almost three decades. National Languages, hence wield as a sociopolitical tool that demands a balance among languages, recognition, and policies. Similarly, Sri Lanka, in its path to reconciliation also demands a balance among National Languages, policies, and its recognition among the communities. This study thus explores the Role of National Language in promoting social cohesion and coexistence among ethnic groups to achieve anticipated “Reconciliation” within Sri Lankan social fabric.  The paper draws upon a mixed approach employing qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews. Data were gathered from interviewing 20 undergraduates from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. Data were coded and analyzed using thematic analysis.   Findings revealed that the recognition of National languages in their due status will make a huge impact on fostering reconciliation within Sri Lankan Society. It is further not to be confused with the Link Language as a National Language since its duty in social integration is relatively limited in the cases where the understanding of cultural, traditional, and historical attributes of an ethnic community is more pronounced especially in grappling with attitudinal problems inherited within ethnic communities.

scholarly journals HAK ASASI MANUSIA SEBAGAI BAROMETER HUKUM DAN GLOBALISASI

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Dadang Suprijatna
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Social Interdependence ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

Human rights as a barometer of the law in its formation is to see from the social phenomena that grow and develop in society that gave birth to social contract. Society is understood as the unity of separate individuals who build a personal bond before the emergence of society itself. The state's form of responsibility to its people is to create opportunities for people to gain their rights, as a form of contribution to the people as legitimate owners. The State can no longer ignore any form of any popular will, it is a Right that must be protected and gained great influence from other societies, including the international community globally, which can ultimately affect and / or become a barometer of globalization. Globalization is portrayed as increasing interconnection and social interdependence, politics, economy, law and culture of society behavior, but globalization has also resulted in diminishing the virtue of nation state even an important phenomenon that can not be avoided by anyone, any nation and any country, including Society, nation and state of Indonesia. For that it is fitting for the people and the Indonesian nation to be wary of the growth and development of Globalization that can damage the Mission of Pancasila as the Reject Measure the life of nation and state.

scholarly journals Development: The Malaysian Experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhreddin Soltani ◽  
Jayum A. Jawan ◽  
Ahmad Tarmizi Talib
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
National Unity ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Critical Challenge ◽  
Malaysian Government

Politics in Malaysia is dominated by ethnic considerations; hence, the most critical challenge of development in the country has been the issue of national unity. The Malaysian government has attempted to include all ethnic groups in the process of development regardless of their ethnicity or religion especially since the ethnic riots of 1969. Therefore, the Malaysian government designed economic programs such as the New Economic Policy (NEP) and New Economic Model (NEM) to facilitate this process through state- oriented policies and also include all ethnic groups in the process of development. In fact, Malaysia has followed non-conventional theories of development because of the role of government in the development process. This article seeks to explain the ambitious grand programs of the Malaysian government and demonstrate how these programs have followed non-conventional theories of development.

The public doesn’t miss the public. Views from the people: Why news by the people?

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Karlsson ◽  
Christer Clerwall ◽  
Lars Nord
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Contract Theory ◽  
Social Contract Theory ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Public Views ◽  
Journalism Research

One of the main debates within journalism research during the last decade has been the role of citizens as contributors or, conversely, as threats to the practice of journalism. While participation has been explored from many different theoretical, empirical, and methodological perspectives, one perspective remains noticeably underexplored – the perspective of the citizens themselves. Using social contract theory as a backdrop, this study draws on a representative survey ( N = 2091) and focus groups ( N = 82) in Sweden. The results show that although citizens do not bring up participation as an important element of journalism, they become more skeptical the more participation affects journalism. Furthermore, they expect journalists to moderate citizen contributions according to established journalistic standards. From the perspective of social contract theory, participation in journalism appears to be more of a problem than a benefit to citizens.

scholarly journals National Integration and Peaceful Co-Existence in Nigeria: The Role of Inter-Ethnic/Inter-Religious Marriages

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-266
Author(s):  
Christian Emeka Chukwu
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
National Development ◽  
Mixed Marriage ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
National Integration ◽  
The People ◽  
Genuine Effort

It is no longer news that Nigeria as one united political and geographical entity has continued to experience inter-religious and inter-ethnic sentiments bickering, misunderstanding, mistrust which have constantly snowballed into crisis of tremendous proportion. As a result, many innocent lives and properties worth billions of naira have been lost. This ugly situation has continued to threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria and retrogressively affected the socioeconomic development of Nigeria. However, when there is no genuine effort to bring about genuine national integration, peaceful coexistence will definitely be a mirage. One of the factors or strategies identified as capable of fostering national integration and  guaranteeing peaceful co-existence is inter-ethnic, inter-religious and even inter-communal marriages among the people of different ethnic groups and adherents of different religions in Nigeria. This paper clarifies concepts in the write-up and also points out how intermarriages can foster peace and unity. It also recommends that traditional and religious leaders should be encouraged to inspire those they watch over to embrace this type of mixed marriage in order to achieve sustainable national development and most importantly promote peaceful coexistence among different ethnic groups in Nigeria

scholarly journals Ethnicity, voting and the promises of the independence movement in Mwanza, Tanzania

Afrika Focus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-150
Author(s):  
Mrisho Mbegu Malipula
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
The Political ◽  
African Politics ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Hybrid Approaches ◽  
Independence Movement ◽  
The People ◽  
National Values

This report explores influences of ethnicity on determining voters’ choices in Tanzania. It questions the dominant neo-patrimonial and hybrid approaches to African politics, which argue that primordial (traditional) ways of organising politics inform ethnic voting. This study deviates from ethnic structure theorists arguing that outcomes of elections are determined by the ability of ethnic groups to form minimum winning coalitions (MWCs). Instead, it looks at the ideational structure of nationalisation, driven mainly by the promises of the independence movement (PslM). The movement created an experiential and discursive framework that emphasises depoliticisation of ethnicity, peacefulness and national unity as ‘Tanzanian’ national values. The frame is intact despite Tanzania’s ethnic diversity and liberal socio-economic as well as political reforms it has undergone overtime. The report critically divulges this capacity to build a political organisation encompassing the political leaders, ideals of the independence movement and the people in informing voters’ choices.

scholarly journals Development of Nation State of Malaysia Based on Mahathir Mohamad’s Leadership Model Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 736-742
Author(s):  
Khairul Azman Mohamad Suhaimy, Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
National Leader ◽  
The People ◽  
Leadership Evaluation ◽  
Definition Of

Each Prime Minister has his or her own leadership and achievements while leading the development of the nation-state. Mahathir Mohamad's leadership and achievements in driving Malaysia's modernization are well known because the effort has succeeded in benefiting Malaysians so that he can be appointed as the Father of Malaysian Modernization. The effectiveness of his leadership can be assessed based on the achievements that have been successfully achieved by the country through the implementation of actions and policies that he led throughout leading the country. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the elements of Mahathir's leadership by tracing his leadership when implementing actions and policies to modernize Malaysia so that it can achieve a proud achievement in the context of the development of the Malaysian nation. This study uses the method of document analysis by analyzing the text of Mahathir's speech as the main source and applying thematic analysis as an analysis approach. The text of the speech was analyzed thematically to identify the themes that exist and refer to the elements of leadership applied by him throughout the implementation of actions and policies to modernize the country. The results of the analysis show that there are 11 elements of leadership practiced by Mahathir such as injecting intellectual, injecting motivation, practicing good values in governing, valuing togetherness, exhibiting ideal influence, organized in leadership, assertive in leading, far-sighted, considerate of each individual, appreciating the contribution of the people, and confident in the ability to lead. Indirectly, the results of the analysis reflect that a country can achieve a proud achievement in the process of modernization if the country's leaders practice certain elements of leadership. The implications of this study, first, reflect the importance of a leader's leadership evaluation based on the achievements that have been achieved because it can identify a set of leadership elements practiced by the leader. Second, it reflects the importance of the role of leaders in determining and shaping the definition of nation-state development that should be highlighted in a country. The contribution of this study is to introduce a leadership model framework based on Mahathir's achievements throughout his administration of the Malaysian nation. In addition, it gives an overview of the elements of his leadership as a successful national leader. This leadership model framework is also suitable to be applied by leaders or related parties involved or interested in leadership-related discussions.

scholarly journals UKRAINIAN RISORIAL CULTURE: LINGUISTIC AND CULTURE ASPECT

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
N.S. Nikolayeva ◽  
A.V. Maksymenko
Keyword(s):  
National Language ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
The People ◽  
General Linguistic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Communicative Space ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The Article is about the influence of social and cultural transformations of Ukrainian society to Ukrainian risorial culture and role of jokes in modern communicative space. It analyses anecdote as the cultural phenomenon and the most popular sample of Ukrainian risorial traditions in Linguistic and Culture Aspect. In such perspective the question is examined first. The article analyses precedent text, i.e. the text familiar to certain community and containing general-linguistic information that testifies the presence of precedent situations as a method of the text actualization. The precedent situation is based on common social and cultural or linguistic background knowledge of addressee and addresser. The authors represent Cultural concept reflecting in linguistic consciousness as a multidimensional, ramified network of knowledge and senses denoted by lexical units. Consept "godfather" in Ukrainian national-language picture and its transformation in Ukrainian anecdote, where it acquires new con- notation of judgement, emotionality, expressivity, stylistic nuances resulting in risorial, comic effect is examined. The Article contains modern Ukrainian anecdotes about godfathers to illustrate basic article theses. Performing a number of functions, including the function of combating evil, fear, the destruction of the usual way of life, the function of protection against psychological threats and the function of bringing people together, facilitating life and communication, laughter emerges as an important tool for maintaining the mental health of both individuals and society in as a whole. In the presence of a large number of folklore and literary samples of Ukrainian laughter culture in linguocultural studies, a complete system of concepts has not developed as an understanding of the world by a certain linguocultural community, which is fixed in the conceptual sphere of the people. In this perspective, the issue is considered for the first time.

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