Historical Development of the Federalism System in Malaysia: Prior to Independence

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10.2991/seiem-16.2016.133How to use a DOI?

Keywords

History, Federalism, Malaya, before independence

Abstract

This article discusses the development of the federalism system in Malaysia prior to independence. During its administration in Malaya, the British introduced the residents system to facilitate administrative affairs there. Hence in 1895, the Treaty of Federation was made and the Federated Malay States was formed by the British. The introduction of this treaty marks the beginning of a new chapter in the development of the federalism system in Malaya. One of the objectives of this research is to investigate the development of the federalism system in Malaysia prior to independence. This entire research uses qualitative methods through literature review i.e. historical study and content analysis methods such as an in-depth review of the books in question. This research found that the federalism system in Malaysia was developed after the Treaty of Federation was introduced by the British.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wan Kamal Mujani
AU  - Wan Hamdi Wan Sulaiman
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Historical Development of the Federalism System in Malaysia: Prior to Independence
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 517
EP  - 519
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/seiem-16.2016.133
DO  - 10.2991/seiem-16.2016.133
ID  - Mujani2016/12
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