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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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Series: | Politics in Asia series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.