FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS AND WEAKNESS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL PLANS AT LOCAL AUTHORITY MALAYSIA: A REVIEW (FAKTOR PENYUMBANG KEPADA KEJAYAAN DAN KELEMAHAN PENGLIBATAN AWAM DALAM RANCANGAN TEMPATAN DI PIHAK BERKUASA TEMPATAN MALAYSIA: SUATU ULASAN)
Abstract
Abstract
Public participation plays an important role in the national development, especially those nations that practise democracy. The process of implementing public participation is vital for local government level as it involves the voice of society in the decision making process. However, the success rate or the efficiency of public participation in the decision making process is impossible to achieve and this has become an emerging topic among the scholars. Both success and weakness factors contributing to the outcome of public participation have been studied based on previous researchers and have been discussed in order to develop a better model of public participation which can be used by the local authority in Malaysia local planning. Therefore, this study will be the basis that will be applied in understanding the success and weakness factors of public participation and how these factors frame the model of public participation.
Keywords: Success and weakness factors for public participation, National development, Local planning, Model of public participation, Local authority.
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Abstrak
Penglibatan awam memainkan peranan yang penting dalam pembangunan negara, lebih-lebih lagi bagi negara yang mempraktikkan amalan demokrasi. Proses pelaksanaan penglibatan awam di peringkat kerajaan tempatan adalah sangat penting bagi melibatkan pandangan masyarakat dalam proses membuat keputusan. Namun, kejayaan atau keberkesanan penglibatan awam dalam proses membuat keputusan agak sukar untuk dicapai dan telah menjadi topik yang hangat di kalangan penyelidik-penyelidik terdahulu. Faktor-faktor kejayaan serta kelemahan penglibatan awam telah diteliti dari kajian-kajian penyelidik terdahulu dan dibincangkan bagi membentuk suatu model penglibatan awam yang lebih baik dan cekap untuk digunakan oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan di dalam perancangan tempatan di Malaysia. Oleh itu, kajian ini akan menjadi asas yang akan digunakan dalam memahami faktor-faktor kejayaan dan kelemahan penglibatan awam dan bagaimana faktor tersebut merangka model penglibatan awam ini.
Kata kunci: Faktor kejayaan dan kelemahan penglibatan awam, Pembangunan negara, Perancangan tempatan, Model penglibatan awam, Pihak berkuasa tempatan..
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