The Malaysian experience of decentralisation is one of the Asian cases of shift from a strong
'centripetal'political system towards power-sharing amongst concentric tiers of government …

Contemporary Malaysia is an amalgamation of regions with distinct historical origins and
features that provide the raw material for strong regional identities. The Malay‐Muslim …

The link between fiscal decentralisation and state-level economic growth has often been
overlooked, particularly in Malaysia, with its highly centralised federal fiscal system. Thus …

The acquisition of citizenship is laid out in Articles 14 to 22 of Malaysian Federal
Constitution. However, in the state of Sabah, citizenships were awarded by the Malaysian …

The current attention of the West to the region is reflected in a series of documents by
individual states like the USA, the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands and …

The conflict between the federal government and the state of Sabah has occurred since
1963 stemming from the dissatisfaction of the people of Sabah towards the implementation …

Abstract The District Office occupies a significant position in the federal and administrative
structure of the country. Yet over the decades, the roles of the District Office and Officer have …

Federalism is a system of fair and orderly power sharing between the state and federal
governments. However, in the case of the Federation of Malaysia, this division is …

This article provides a comparative analysis between the local government structure and
operations in the Federation of Malaysia and Australian local government. In doing so …

One of the most important institutional changes that occurred in the past four decades is
decentralization reform. We have seen many countries underwent decentralization reforms …