Mobilization and participation: Singapore in the 1980s SUMMARY

Singapore is an island state with no formal lower tier of government. The network of consultation and mobilization created after Independence in 1959 is now raising important issues of consensus and compliance. Twenty-five years of continuous one-party rule offer opportunities to evaluate the workin...

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Published inPublic administration and development Vol. 7; no. 4; p. 333
Main Author Hill, Dilys M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester Wiley Periodicals Inc 01.10.1987
Subjects
Bureaucracy
Cities
Compliance
Councils
Decentralization
Decision making
Housing
Ideology
Local elections
Local government
Participation
Politics
Population
Pragmatism
Society
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Summary:Singapore is an island state with no formal lower tier of government. The network of consultation and mobilization created after Independence in 1959 is now raising important issues of consensus and compliance. Twenty-five years of continuous one-party rule offer opportunities to evaluate the working of the mechanisms of integration and participation. In the late 1980s the highly urbanized, multi-ethnic society is placing new demands on the government, and questions of decentralization and feedback are high on the political agenda.
ISSN:0271-2075
1099-162X