Managing Political Change in Singapore: The

The Singapore parliament's creation of an elected president 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. Through their analyses of the elected presidency, the contributors shed light on the other political institutions, processes and personalities in Singapore, Providing a valuable resources for those studying the recent politics of the region. Managing Political Change in Singaporeuses the presidency as a case study beyond the Singaporean context, adding to the debates surrounding the management of political change in developing countries throughout the world.

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Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The head of state in Singapore: an historical perspective	p. 9
The presidency in Singapore: constitutional developments	p. 52
The election of a president in a parliamentary system: choosing a pedigree or a hybrid?	p. 88
The elected president and the legal control of government: quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	p. 100
Chaining the Leviathan: a public choice interpretation of Singapore's elected presidency	p. 144
Singapore's first elected presidency: the political motivations	p. 167
Notes from the margin: reflections on the first presidential election, by a former Nominated Member of Parliament	p. 188
The elected presidency: towards the twenty-first century	p. 200
Postscript	p. 220
Index	p. 223
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Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency

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