TY - JOUR T1 - The Practice of Deliberative Democracy in the Temerloh Parliamentary Consultative Council (TPCC), Malaysia AU - Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd AU - Omar, Rusdi AU - Kasim, Azahar AU - Abdullah, Mohd Ainuddin Iskandar Lee AU - Mukhtaruddin, Mas Juliana AU - Abdullah, Ahmad Amir JO - The Social Sciences VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - 445 EP - 453 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2013.445.453 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.445.453 KW - Deliberative democracy KW -TPCC KW -temerloh KW -Saifuddin Abdullah KW -Malaysia AB - This study attempts to analyse a shift in decision-making approach for Malaysia’s local government. Since the 12th general election in 2008, people participation in decision-making process has become very important in order for the government to produce a people friendly public policy. Therefore, this study takes the opportunity to study a model of deliberative democracy which has been introduced through the Temerloh Parliamentary Consultative Council (TPCC) by Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Higher Education, Saifuddin Abdullah. Model that has been introduced by Saifuddin is one of its kinds which has never been practised before in Malaysia as an agenda for effective governance. The intention of this study is to analyse the effectiveness of the TPCC Model whether it can be the best model for public deliberation in Malaysia. ER -