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Mobilization and participation: Singapore in the 1980s
Author(s) -
Hill Dilys M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230070402
Subject(s) - mobilization , decentralization , independence (probability theory) , ethnic group , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , politics , community mobilization , public administration , political science , economic growth , political economy , sociology , economics , law , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
Singapore is an island state with no formal lower tier of government. The network of consultation and mobilization created after Independence in 1959 is now raising important issues of consensus and compliance. Twenty‐five years of continuous one‐party rule offer opportunities to evaluate the working of the mechanisms of integration and participation. In the late 1980s the highly urbanized, multi‐ethnic society is placing new demands on the government, and questions of decentralization and feedback are high on the political agenda.