Governing Singapore - Democracy and National Development

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.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore

1. The People's Action Party: the national party

2. Creating a democracy that works

3. Managing national development

4. Leadership renewal and succession

Part 2 Goh Chok Tong's Singapore

5. Continuity and change

6. The parliamentary elections of 1991 and 1997

7. Continuing national development

Conclusion: national development and democracy

Endnotes

Index

About the author

DR RAJ VASIL has researched and taught the politics of Asian states for the past 45 years, and has lived in many Asian countries. Dr Vasil is currently a Program Director at the Institute of Policy Studies and a Research Associate at the School of Political Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Raj Vasil, Vasil Raj
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367718244
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71824-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Singapore, Politics & government, Politics and government