Singapore: Transitioning to a "New Normal" in a post-Lee Kuan Yew era

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Politics; Low income groups; Values; Nominations; Presidential elections; Budgets; Prime ministers; Singapore; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2382; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4340/viewcontent/NewNormal_LKYera_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Politics in Singapore is generally marked by incremental change. When Singapore eventually becomes a two-party or multi-party democracy, the 2011 general election is likely to be regarded as the starting point of the epochal political transition. It was a boisterous year politically where political...