Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency

by Lam Peng Er (Editor), Kevin Tan (Editor)

Overview

The Singapore parliament's creation of an elected presidency in 1991 was the biggest constitutional and political change in Singapore's modern era. This multi-disciplinary study gathers papers from leading scholars in law, history, political science and economics to examine how political change is managed in Singapore. It is an authoritative addition to debates surrounding the management of political change in developing countries more generally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415156325
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/20/1997
Series:	Politics in Asia
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kevin Tan is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and specializes in Constitutional and Administrative Law, as well as in Legal History.,
/ Lam Peng Er is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, and specializes in Japanese politics and one party dominant political systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Kevin Tan, Lam Peng Er; Chapter 2 The head of state in Singapore, Huang Jianli; Chapter 3 The presidency in Singapore, Kevin Tan; Chapter 4 The election of a president in a parliamentary system, Valentine S. Winslow; Chapter 5 The elected president and the legal control of government, Thio Li-ann; Chapter 6 Chaining the Leviathan, Tilak Doshi; Chapter 7 Singapore’s first elected presidency, Hussin Mutalib; Chapter 8 Notes from the margin, Chia Shi Teck; Chapter 9 The elected presidency, Lam Peng Er;

Editorial Reviews

'The volume makes a valuable contribution to an increased understanding of what is a complex and somewhat novel political institution, its political context and the political and economic rationale behind its implementation. ...it offers the reader a diverse range of viewpoints on this important political phenomenon. ...On the whole this is an excellent contribution to the fields of both Singapore Studies and comparative constitutional legislation. It goes a long way towards increasing our understanding of Political change in Singapore and the nature of the PAP's constitutional response to these changes.' - Mark D. Fyles, The Pacific Review - 2001

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