Voting in change : politics of Singapore's 2011 general election
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
2011
Information About
"Singapore's 2011 general election will go down in history as its most significant since independence. This volume offers a snapshot of the heady days leading up to Polling Day on 7 May 2011, and the immediate aftermath that saw seven ministers leave the cabinet. Nine established scholars evaluate the impact of this historic election from the perspectives of law, history, politics, media, and sociology"--Backcover
Additional Details
- Title
- Voting in change : politics of Singapore's 2011 general election
- Subject
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- Elections--Singapore
- Singapore--Politics and government--1990-
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 2011
- Ethos Books, 2011
- Contributors
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- Tan, Kevin
- Lee, Terence, 1972-
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (chiefly col.)
- Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments -- Notes on contributors -- 1. Political shift, Singapore's 2011 general election / Kevin Y.L. Tan & Terence Lee -- 2. Election issues / Eugene K.B. Tan -- 3. Legal and constitutional issues / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- 4. Parties and personalities, staying together (or not) under fire / Au Waipang Alex -- 5. Does difference matter? Particular and national political identities in Singapore's 2011 general election / Bridget Welsh -- 6. Election rallies, performances in dissent, identity, personalities, and power / Terrence Chong -- 7. Mainstream media reporting in the lead-up to GE2011 / Terence Lee -- 8. Internet politics, shouting down the PAP / Cherian George -- 9. The overseas contituency / Ooi Can-seng -- 10. The voter speaks, voices, choices, and implications / Lam Peng Er -- 2011 general election snapshots / Krystal Tan.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. Ethos Books 2011