POLSCI 3LC3 Lecture Notes - Singapore Dollar, Malaysia, Siege Mentality
10 Mar 2014
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Singapore model & how it challenges democratization theories. Prospects of democratization, whether liberal democracy is a good model for singapore. Economic miracle - one of asia"s leading economic tigers. Tough laws: chewing gum ban, vandalism laws, and michael fay incident: abide by the rules, caning as punishment, to show the defense of rules. Myriad of rules that govern public assembly, media and elections to stifle opposition. Govern by one party for the last 5 decades. Multicultural, religion and race = socially orderly and harmonious society. Development and large middle classes = defies modernization theory. Highly cosmopolitan, westernized and modern = conservative asian values . Computer equipment, machinery, rubber products, petroleum products. Wwii, japan bombs, singapore fell to japan rule. One of five founding members of asean. 1963: singapore joined malaysian federation, but separated 2 yrs. later. Mandarin, tamil and malay = 2nd language. Legislations and rules to enforce racial harmony & religious tolerance (education, housing policies, national conscription).
