Description
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.
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;
