MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL SYSTEM

By RHODA HABTEMICHAEL

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Political Systems

• Agricultural Age Political Systems: Pre-democratic political systems of various kinds, in feudal systems and ancient empires

• Industrial Age Political Systems: representitive democracy and a mulitiparty political system for the rising middle class in west, with democracy based on an informed, educatedmiddle class; democratic centralism in socialist countries, with population also educated

• Information Age Political Systems: global democratization trends, in former communist and South countries today, with modern information technologies making control of information to citizens by dictators difficult. Social-political change on important issues intiated by direct, grass-roots, participatory democracy involving media coverage, electronic networking on Internet, FAXs, & other forms of "electronic democracy." Increasing numbers of issues (arms control;free trade; AIDS; pollution; and terrorism) require global cooperation and/or local action, not just national policies, to solve them

Information/Data on Malaysia's Political System : is a Constitutional Monarchy headed by the Paramount rule (King) and a bicameral Paliament. The state Governament power is limited by Federal Constitution

Conclusions on Malaysia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Its Political System) : Malaysia is in idustrial and information age

Additional Online Sources on Malaysia's Political System

• Government of Malaysia