The first wave : JBJ, Chiam & the opposition in Singapore
Electronic Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
2019
Information About
This is the story of the opposition in Singapore in its critical first thirty years in Parliament. The first wave of a democratic awakening in post-independence Singapore began with J. B. Jeyaretnam's victory in 1981, followed by Chiam See Tong's election to Parliament in 1984, as well as successes in 1991. However fault lines in Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) surfaced and the party was wiped out of Parliament by 1997, and the opposition spent the next decade working their way back to victory.
Additional Details
- Title
- The first wave : JBJ, Chiam & the opposition in Singapore
- Creators
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- Loke, Hoe Yeong
- Subject
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- Opposition (Political science)--Singapore
- Democratization--Singapore
- Singapore--Politics and government
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 2019
- Epigram Books, 2019
- Contributors
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- Epigram Books Pte Ltd
- Loke Hoe Yeong
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Introduction -- Prologue -- I. Beginning of the wave (1981–1984). 1. The opposition returns ; 2. Alone in the house -- II. Besieged (1985–1989). 3. Building in Siberia ; 4. Chiam alone ; 5. My kind of town ; 6. Marxist conspiracy, American interference? ; 7. GRC ; 8. President Lee Kuan Yew? -- III. Boom and bust (1989–1993). 9. By-election effect ; 10. Leader of the opposition ; 11. Chee's hunger strike ; 12. The SDP unravels ; 13. Expelled -- IV. Plan B (1994–2011). 14. Regrouping ; 15. Alliance ; 16. Two political gambles -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Index.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. Epigram Books Pte Ltd, 2019