Local democracy denied? a personal journey into local government in Malaysia
Local Democracy Denied? A Personal Journey Into Local Government In Malaysia. There are plenty of books on federal government and politics in Malaysia, but very few on local government. Yet it is the level of government that is closest to us and impacts our lives most directly and is the one least u...
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Petaling Jaya
Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
2020
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a journey into local government
- A brief history of local government and its elections in Malaysia
- Functions and structure of local government
- State and local governments: a cosy relationship?
- Law and enforcement: deadly landslides
- Law and enforcement: one car a month towed
- Budget and finance
- Planning and development
- Planning and property development
- Planning and hill development or destruction?
- Planning, development and public participation
- Urban services and waste management
- Local democracy, the triple deficits, and the way forward