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Release : 2020
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Governing Singapore
Author : R. K. Vasil
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 110/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Governing Singapore by : R. K. Vasil
Download or read book Governing Singapore written by R. K. Vasil. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governing Singapore provides the most useful and up-to-date account of Singapore's political history since the accession to power of the People's Action Party in 1959, and in particular the performance of its governments since mid-1965 under Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.
Governing Singapore
Author : Raj Vasil
Release : 2020-08-27
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 415/5 ( reviews)
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Download or read book Governing Singapore written by Raj Vasil. This book was released on 2020-08-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore has its critics, but the city-state has achieved remarkable successes as a result of the voluntary trade-off of certain political rights for economic and social progress. In Governing Singapore, Raj Vasil supports this national bargain. He argues that in Asian new states like Singapore, economic and social under-development, as well as ethnic diversity and divisions make it impossible for Western liberal democracy to function effectively as an instrument of popular rule. The problems of under-development faced by Asian new states since decolonisation and independence continue to prove that democracy alone is not enough - national development and the need to adapt democracy to economic and social realities are equally important. Through reconciling democracy with national development, Singapore has transformed from a poor, backward Third World island into a prosperous and dynamic First World nation. Today Singapore is far better prepared for greater democratisation and increased popular participation.
The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore's Developmental State
Author : Lily Zubaidah Rahim
Release : 2019-02-06
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 566/5 ( reviews)
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Download or read book The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore's Developmental State written by Lily Zubaidah Rahim. This book was released on 2019-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the limitations of Singapore’s authoritarian governance model. In doing so, the relevance of the Singapore governance model for other industrialising economies is systematically examined. Research in this book examines the challenges for an integrated governance model that has proven durable over four to five decades. The editors argue that established socio-political and economic formulae are now facing unprecedented challenges. Structural pressures associated with Singapore’s particular locus within globalised capitalism have fostered heightened social and material inequalities, compounded by the ruling party’s ideological resistance to substantive redistribution. As ‘growth with equity’ becomes more elusive, the rationale for power by a ruling party dominated by technocratic elite and state institutions crafted and controlled by the ruling party and its bureaucratic allies is open to more critical scrutiny.
Governing Global-City Singapore
Author : Kenneth Paul Tan
Release : 2016-12-19
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Governing Global-City Singapore written by Kenneth Paul Tan. This book was released on 2016-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future. Firstly, it discusses the question of political leadership, electoral dominance and legislative monopoly in Singapore’s one-party dominant system and the system’s durability. Secondly, it tracks developments in Singapore’s public administration, critically analysing the formation and transformation of meritocracy and pragmatism, two key components of the state ideology. Thirdly, it discusses developments within civil society, focusing in particular on issues related to patriarchy and feminism, hetero-normativity and gay activism, immigration and migrant worker exploitation, and the contest over history and national narratives in academia, the media and the arts. Fourthly, it discusses the PAP government’s efforts to connect with the public, including its national public engagement exercises that can be interpreted as a subtler approach to social and political control. In increasingly complex conditions, the state struggles to maintain its hegemony while securing a pre-eminent position in the global economic order. Tan demonstrates how trends in these four areas converge in ways that signal plausible futures for a post-LKY Singapore.
