Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Electronic democracy does not exist in Malaysia, nor would it in the foreseeable future. There is no community networking online, email lobbying of political candidates .... there is a disinterest about it amongst the citizenry and, despite its promise to be at the cutting edge of technology, the government. There is no commitment to it. For e-democracy to succeed, there must first be a culture of involvement by the citizenry and government. The Prime Minister is all for it. But many cabinet ministers I know do not even know how to extract their emails from their computers. This is the norm, not the Internet-savvy Malaysian we have to consider. MGG Pilai, list-owner of Sang Kancil, Malaysia-net, May 2002, E-mail interview.
ANZSRC / FoR Code
1903 JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Publication Details
Loo, E. (2003). E-Democracy in Malaysia: Chasing the Winds of Change. Rhetoric and Reality: The Internet Challenge for Democracy in Asia (pp. 179-234). Singapore: Times Media Private Ltd Eastern Universities Press.
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