The Singapore Puzzle

by Clark D Neher, Michael Haas, Christopher Lingle

Book Overview

Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays by six distinguished authors with different ideas about how Singapore might become a full-fledged democracy and has stumbled over the years, exaggerating threats to the government. Book presents a comprehensive history of Singapore, emphasizing why Singapore is an economic success, but leaders took wrong turns that led away from democracy while rationalizating authoritarian rule by claiming that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983962642
• ISBN13: 9780983962649
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Publishinghouse for Scholars
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"