“New normal” no more: democratic backsliding in Singapore after 2015

• Main Author: Abdullah, Walid Jumblatt
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Singapore; Backsliding
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161896
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

After the “watershed” General Elections (GE) in 2011, Singapore seemed primed for greater democratization. The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) adopted a softer tone, and promised an expansion of the political space. Yet, after the subsequent GE in 2015, in which the PAP attained a much higher sha...