Governing Singapore - Democracy and National Development

Sommario

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Raj Vasil, Vasil Raj
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367718244
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71824-4
• Pagine: 276
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Singapore, Politics & government, Politics and government