The PhD thesis starts with the question of the lack of democratization in Singapore. In comparison, the political developments in a very similar case, namely the Hong Kong of the 1970s and early 1980s, show the rising demand for participation of a politically active middle class. This follows the predictions of modernization theory, which suggests that the more developed countries are more likely to also be democracies. Singapore defies this logic as the rapid economic transformations in the past 50 years have not translated into any significant social conflict. The reasons for the difference between Hong Kong and Singapore can best be analyzed with an enhanced version of social movement theory. The "political process model" suggests that t...
Diese Masterarbeit hat zum Ziel, die Demokratiebewegung in Hong Kong aus einer sozial-historischen P...
Essay in political science, D-level by Lisa Kringsberg, spring semester 2008. Tutor: Michele Michele...
In Novermber 1990 Goh Chok Tong became Singapore's second prime minister since self-government was i...
This dissertation is an analysis of the social and political transformation of Hong Kong, primarily ...
Singapore is a highly controlled society. This thesis shows how the system of social control works a...
The capacity of the People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore to continually reproduce an authoritari...
The capacity of the People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore to continually reproduce an authoritari...
This article analyses and compares the strenghts and the weaknesses of democratic movements in Singa...
Democratization is a phenomenon which we have seen in many parts of the world. This thesis investiga...
'Beyond the purely economic dimension of the financial and economic crisis in Asia there is also a p...
Die Studie plädiert für eine differenzierte Perspektive in der gegenwärtige Kontoverse um 'asiatisch...
As a small city-state in Southeast Asia, Singapore has always been politically vulnerable. In order ...
Abstract “Political participation” - A qualitative study of citizens in Hong Kong Thesis in Politica...
by Sing Ming.Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987.Bibliography: leaves 161-171
This study investigates the role of the state in Singapores political economy. The conventional met...
Diese Masterarbeit hat zum Ziel, die Demokratiebewegung in Hong Kong aus einer sozial-historischen P...
Essay in political science, D-level by Lisa Kringsberg, spring semester 2008. Tutor: Michele Michele...
In Novermber 1990 Goh Chok Tong became Singapore's second prime minister since self-government was i...
This dissertation is an analysis of the social and political transformation of Hong Kong, primarily ...
Singapore is a highly controlled society. This thesis shows how the system of social control works a...
The capacity of the People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore to continually reproduce an authoritari...
The capacity of the People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore to continually reproduce an authoritari...
This article analyses and compares the strenghts and the weaknesses of democratic movements in Singa...
Democratization is a phenomenon which we have seen in many parts of the world. This thesis investiga...
'Beyond the purely economic dimension of the financial and economic crisis in Asia there is also a p...
Die Studie plädiert für eine differenzierte Perspektive in der gegenwärtige Kontoverse um 'asiatisch...
As a small city-state in Southeast Asia, Singapore has always been politically vulnerable. In order ...
Abstract “Political participation” - A qualitative study of citizens in Hong Kong Thesis in Politica...
by Sing Ming.Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987.Bibliography: leaves 161-171
This study investigates the role of the state in Singapores political economy. The conventional met...
Diese Masterarbeit hat zum Ziel, die Demokratiebewegung in Hong Kong aus einer sozial-historischen P...
Essay in political science, D-level by Lisa Kringsberg, spring semester 2008. Tutor: Michele Michele...
In Novermber 1990 Goh Chok Tong became Singapore's second prime minister since self-government was i...