254 research outputs found
Menelusuri pendemokrasian di Malaysia: impak terhadap pencapaian integrasi nasional / Jazimin Zakaria and Sity Daud
Get PDFThis article is the result of a study carried out on the level of national integration within the context of democracy. For a multi-ethnic country, achieving a full democracy is invariably a formidable challenge. Social exclusivity and surrounding factors such as socio-economy and socio-politics appear to among the major hurdles against the effort to realize a full national integration, more so countries used to be under colonial yoke for a considerable time. Malaysia, as one of those countries, eventually accepts the impact of colonialism that, among others, has inadvertently changed much of its social landscape. However, the protracted bargaining process between the ethnics has helped to bring about political stability to the country for many years. Yet, globalization still has managed to induce changes within the system of democracy so much so that it has significantly affected the level of national integration of the society. As such, this qualitative study seeks to identify key problems that stand in the way of full national integration that is in congruence with the principles of democracy. Based on the analysis done over primary and secondary data obtained, this study argues that liberal democracy had impacted national integration through, among others, ‘soft assimilation method’ seen as more than capable of reinforcing unity among multi-ethnics’ society of Malaysia
Influence of competitiveness factor towards graduate competency level / Marfunizah Ma’dan, Muhamad Takiyuddin Ismail and Sity Daud
Get PDFThe intense desire to produce good quality human capital is not sufficient by having basic skills for certain fields only. There is a need to have a competitive attitude to enhance their level of competency as it is a big concern for many employers today. Hence, the study was conducted to identify the
competitiveness factors that influence the level of competency among graduates, especially those who are employed in the service sector in Malaysia. This study used the survey method for data collection. Stratified purposive sampling was applied and a questionnaire was distributed to 450 graduates from 13 service sectors based on the statistics obtained from the Ministry of Higher Education 2016. The findings from the exploratory factor analysis found that seven competitiveness factors consisting of 47 items formed the competitiveness attitude among graduates. However, based on a multiple linear regression analysis, only five models of competitiveness factors produced significant relationships with graduates’ competency, which are job competitiveness, organizational management competitiveness, dominant competitiveness, goal competitiveness and self-improvement competitiveness. In fact, aggressive competitiveness and general competitiveness do not influence graduates’ competency level significantly. Therefore, it can be concluded that graduates' competitive attitude such as having emotional control, innovation, and competitive enthusiasm to be the best, is one of the important characteristics for graduate marketability in the future. In addition, it is hoped that their level of competency can be enhanced through the development of competitive factors for the advancement of the country's higher education talents
Globalisasi dan negara pembangunan
No full textArtikel ini membincangkan dampak globalisasi ke atas keupayaan negara untuk campur tangan dalam pembangunan berdasarkan wacana pembangunan kontemporer. Memang benar bahawa kegawatan ekonomi 1997 dan krisis ekonomi Jepun yang berpanjangan telah menyebabkan peranan negara dalam pembangunan semakin dipertikaikan. Negara dianggap tidak lagi relevan dan sepatutnya berundur bagi membolehkan pasaran mengendalikan urusan ekonomi secara lebih efisien. Walau bagaimanapun, soal pembangunan dan agihan tidak boleh diserahkan kepada kuasa pasaran semata-mata, peranan negara masih diperlukan tetapi negara mesti mengubahsuai peranannya supaya terus relevan seperti yang dibuktikan oleh kes Jepun, Korea Selatan dan Malaysia. Era negara autoriter yang dipimpin oleh tokoh-tokoh kuat sudah berlalu atas desakan pendemokrasian. Pada hari ini, negara masih boleh berperanan dalam pembangunan dengan syarat, ia memajukan pembangunan yang mesra-rakyat, iaitu pembangunan yang tidak mengenepikan soal kebebasan dan pilihan rakyat yang diperjuangkan oleh masyarakat sivil. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahawa negara pembangunan boleh terus aktif dalam merangsang pertumbuhan dan mengagihkan kekayaan negara dengan menumpukan pada soal tadbir urus baik dan ketelusan
Pilihan raya umum ke-13: Kesinambungan politik baharu kekentalan politik lama
No full textFenomena politik baharu yang bermula semenjak PRU-10 1999 dilihat terus mencorakkan trend pengundian dalam PRU-13 yang berlangsung pada Mei 2013. Walaupun sedemikian, fenomena sebegini bukanlah trend yang konsisten jika dilihat dari dua sudut iaitu aktor yang mendukung gagasan ini dan juga pembalikan politik lama yang berlaku selepas sesuatu PRU. Penerusan pergeseran antara politik baharu dengan politik lama ini merupakan antara inti pati yang mendasari analisis di sembilan buah negeri yang terlibat dalam PRU-13 yang lalu. Pilihan raya yang disifatkan sebagai “ibu segala pilihan raya” ini ternyata memberikan paradoks kepada kedua-dua pihak yang bertanding iaitu Barisan Nasional dan Pakatan Rakyat yang “kalah dalam menang dan menang dalam kalah”. Biarpun keputusan PRU-13 terus menghantar mesej yang politik baharu tetap menjadi taruhan dan pilihan, perkembangan selepas PRU-13 menyarankan yang kedua-dua pihak semakin cenderung untuk kembali ke politik lama demi mengimbangi tuntutan perjuangan masing-masing
Trends and trajectories in “Global South” research: a comparative study of CNKI and WOS database publications
Get PDFObjectivesThis study analyzes the development of research on the “Global South” through bibliometric analysis with CiteSpace software, drawing on literature from both Chinese scholars using the CNKI database and international scholars from the Web of Science (WOS) database.MethodsThe study employs bibliometric analysis with CiteSpace software and content analysis to compare the research focuses, perspectives, and ideas on the “Global South” between Chinese and international scholars.ResultsThe study finds that both Chinese and international scholars view the “Global South” as a complex and evolving concept. However, Chinese scholars focus on understanding and applying the concept in the context of China’s evolving role in international politics, while international scholars explore the concept across various fields through case studies.ConclusionThe study calls for an integrated interdisciplinary discussion combining political science, economics, sociology, and cultural studies to better understand the complexity and diversity of the “Global South.” It also highlights the importance of academic collaboration between Chinese and international scholars to achieve a global consensus and suggests expanding case studies for policy implementation
A bibliometric analysis of health diplomacy research based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace
Get PDFResearch on health diplomacy not only deepens global health governance but also enhances the sharing of information and resources in the field of public health. A bibliometric study was conducted on health diplomacy works published between 1993 and 2023 with "health diplomacy", "medicine diplomacy", "health and foreign policy", or "vaccine diplomacy" as the keywords. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to perform the bibliometric analysis. A total of 2,216 articles from the Web of Science database were analyzed. Results found that the United States held a prominent and influential position in health diplomacy studies, followed by China, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the University of Toronto, and Harvard University were the top three research institutes for health diplomacy. The article from Feldbaum et al. (2010) served as the representative and symbolic reference. These findings showed that topics including power, Covid-19, security, soft power, WHO, vaccine diplomacy, and governance, though with shorter spans, were the focal points in recent years. In addition, health diplomacy research exhibited interdisciplinary, cross-cutting, and temporal characteristics closely related to factors such as politics, economics, environment, and public goods
On Multidimensional Inequality in Partitions of Multisets
Get PDFWe study multidimensional inequality in partitions of finite multisets with thresholds. In such a setting, a Lorenz-like preorder, a family of functions preserving such a preorder, and a counterpart of the Pigou-Dalton transfers are defined, and a version of the celebrated Hardy-Littlewood-Pölya characterization results is provided.Multisets, majorization, Lorenz preorder, Hardy-Littlewood-Polya theorem, transfers
Causes and consequences of civil strife - micro-level evidence from Uganda
Get PDFTo bridge the gap between case studies and highly aggregate cross-country analyses of civil unrest, the author uses data from Uganda to explore determinants of civil strife (as contrasted to theft and physical violence) at the community level, as well as the potentially differential impact of these variables on investment and nonagricultural enterprise formation at the household level. He finds that distance from infrastructure (a proxy for scarcity of economic opportunities and government investment), asset inequality (social tension), the presence of cash crops (expropriable wealth), and lower levels of human capital (ability to take advantage of opportunities in the"regular"economy) all increase the propensity for civil strife. Furthermore, civil strife, in marked contrast to violence and theft, reduces investment and nonagricultural enterprise start-ups.Education and Society,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Decentralization,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Economic Theory&Research,Education and Society,Environmental Economics&Policies,Poverty Assessment,Information Technology
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