Thesis
The PAP-state: housing, health, and resilient authoritarianism
- Abstract:
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The thesis aims to explain the continued durability of state authoritarianism in Singapore. This durability is usually attributed to citizens acquiescing to Singapore's authoritarian state on account of the prosperity it has delivered. The thesis argues that the contemporary resilience of authoritarianism and undergirding stability of state-citizen relations is better accounted for by two factors.
First, the state is apparently able to address evolving policy demands brought forward...
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
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2018-03-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Barth, J
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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