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Singapore politics under the People's Action Party /

A comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since self-governance. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial centre and an economic and social success under the leadership of the People's Action Party which has ruled continuously since 1959. The author...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mauzy, Diane K., 1942-
Otros Autores: Milne, R. S. (Robert Stephen), 1919-2014
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Colección:Politics in Asia series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. What is remarkable about Singapore?
  • 2. How Singapore became independent : Lee Kuan Yew and the People's Action Party (PAP)
  • 3. Locations of power : the state and the government
  • 4. The People's Action Party : the structure and operation of a dominant party
  • 5. Ideology of the leaders and for the populace
  • 6. Economic policy for an independent Singapore
  • 7. Supplying social services to the people
  • 8. The dictates of ethnicity : language policy, education, and self-help
  • 9. The successors : leadership trends in the PAP : the search for top talent
  • 10. Authoritarian aspects of PAP rule
  • 11. Elections, electoral innovations, and the opposition
  • 12. The growth of civil society
  • 13. Deterrence and diplomacy
  • 14. Singapore in the future.