Journal article
Democratic backsliding in illiberal Singapore
Abstract
Singapore is a well-known illiberal democracy, ruled by one party, the People's Action Party (PAP), uninterruptedly since 1959. The rise of disinformation, the leadership succession crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed challenges to the ruling party's technocratic, ‘soft-authoritarian’ governance style. Is it business as usual in Singapore? Or has its democracy backslid like its regional neighbours? Drawing on an established index of …
Authors
Tan N; Preece C
Journal
Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 25–49
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
3 2024
DOI
10.1177/20578911221141090
ISSN
2057-8911