Social Contract: Understanding among Youth in Malaysia

After the era of the new Malaysian government (after GE 14), the pattern of race relations and interactions has begun to change.This is because various sensitive issues are often debated in the fight for equality of rights without taking into account the initial agreement in the social contract when the country was established and at the same time ignoring provisions such as those found in the Federal Constitution.Accordingly, this study aims to identify the appreciation of the social contract through the knowledge and understanding of the youth in Malaysia.By using a quantitative approach, a total of 2,366 questionnaires were successfully collected.Mean analysis shows that youth in Malaysia have a moderate level of knowledge and understanding regarding social contracts.This finding is supported by correlation analysis, where there demographic characteristics that influence knowledge and six demographic characteristics that influence youth's understanding of social contracts.Therefore, the importance of this study is to be able to see more comprehensively the factors that still contribute to conflict in Malaysia, especially those involving sensitive issues such as those found in social contracts.In addition, this study can also provide guidance to stakeholders, especially the Malaysian government in defending the social contract that is the position of the Islamic religion, Malay as the official language, the position and privileged rights of Malays and Bumiputeras and the sovereignty of Malay kings.