Raj Vasil
Biographic Data
| ID | 750029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raj Vasil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raj |
| FAMILY NAME | Vasil |
| SIGNATURE | VASIL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Governing Singapore: Democracy and National Development
Singapore has its critics, but the city-state has achieved remarkable successes as a result of the voluntary trade-off of certain political rights for economic and social progress. In Governing Singapore, Raj Vasil supports this national bargain. He argues that in Asian new states like Singapore, economic and social under-development, as well as ethnic diversity and divisions make it impossible for Western liberal democracy to function effectivel…
Governing Singapore: Democracy and national development
Preface..Introduction..Part 1 Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore..1. The People's Action Party: the national party..2. Creating a democracy that works..3. Managing national development..4. Leadership renewal and succession..Part 2 Goh Chok Tong's Singapore..5. Continuity and change..6. The parliamentary elections of 1991 and 1997..7. Continuing national development..Conclusion: national development and democracy..Endnotes..Index
Singapore 1992: Continuity and Change
Singapore: A More Rounded Personality Despite the fact that the hallmark of the new government had to be continuity, change, reflecting the priorities and preferences of the new rulers as well as those of the citizens of Singapore, was inevitable. In fact, the first generation rulers, anticipating the inevitability of change in these terms, had themselves sought to tutor and prepare their successors during the last few years to make sure that cha…
Maori, Pakeha and Democracy
Communalism and Parliamentary Representation in Fiji
Communalism and Constitution-making in Fiji
I N PLURAL SOCIETIES the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, is of more than usual importance, for during the formative period of the nation it provides the broad framework for the development of mutual relations among the various communal groups and, more important, it indicates the thinking and attitudes of the majority community or the indigenous community (who believe that they have an inherent right to political paramountcy) towards t…
The 1964 General Elections in Malaya
Asia: Agrarian Unrest in Southeast Asia. (II Edition). By Erich H. Jacoby. Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1961. 279p. Rs. 17.00
Dutch Sources Relating To Indonesian Nationalism
Communalism and Parliamentary Representation in Fiji
Communalism and Constitution-making in Fiji
I N PLURAL SOCIETIES the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, is of more than usual importance, for during the formative period of the nation it provides the broad framework for the development of mutual relations among the various communal groups and, more important, it indicates the thinking and attitudes of the majority community or the indigenous community (who believe that they have an inherent right to political paramountcy) towards t…
The 1964 General Elections in Malaya
Dutch Sources Relating To Indonesian Nationalism
Asia: Agrarian Unrest in Southeast Asia. (II Edition). By Erich H. Jacoby. Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1961. 279p. Rs. 17.00
The 1964 General Elections in Malaya
Communalism and Constitution-making in Fiji
I N PLURAL SOCIETIES the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, is of more than usual importance, for during the formative period of the nation it provides the broad framework for the development of mutual relations among the various communal groups and, more important, it indicates the thinking and attitudes of the majority community or the indigenous community (who believe that they have an inherent right to political paramountcy) towards t…
Communalism and Parliamentary Representation in Fiji
Maori, Pakeha and Democracy
Singapore 1992: Continuity and Change
Singapore: A More Rounded Personality Despite the fact that the hallmark of the new government had to be continuity, change, reflecting the priorities and preferences of the new rulers as well as those of the citizens of Singapore, was inevitable. In fact, the first generation rulers, anticipating the inevitability of change in these terms, had themselves sought to tutor and prepare their successors during the last few years to make sure that cha…
Governing Singapore: Democracy and national development
Preface..Introduction..Part 1 Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore..1. The People's Action Party: the national party..2. Creating a democracy that works..3. Managing national development..4. Leadership renewal and succession..Part 2 Goh Chok Tong's Singapore..5. Continuity and change..6. The parliamentary elections of 1991 and 1997..7. Continuing national development..Conclusion: national development and democracy..Endnotes..Index
Governing Singapore: Democracy and National Development
Singapore has its critics, but the city-state has achieved remarkable successes as a result of the voluntary trade-off of certain political rights for economic and social progress. In Governing Singapore, Raj Vasil supports this national bargain. He argues that in Asian new states like Singapore, economic and social under-development, as well as ethnic diversity and divisions make it impossible for Western liberal democracy to function effectivel…
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 works) · Communalism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · History (2 works)