SINGAPORE FORUM ON POLITICS 2006
THE (IN)SIGNIFICANCE OF POLITICAL ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE
Since the 1960s, general elections in Singapore have continued, many say convincingly, to reinstate the People's Action Party as the ruling party. Since the early 1990s, when the Presidency became an elected office, Singaporeans have only voted once for their President. What does all of this mean for the future of elections as an institution of democratic politics in Singapore? Are elections really able to express the will of the people? Have elections ever presented real choices and alternatives for voters? Can elections continue to act as a government's main source of political legitimacy? Are elections anything more than political spectacle to periodically re-enchant a depoliticized administrative state? These questions and others will be discussed by a panel of experts in the Singapore Forum on Politics 2006SINGAPORE FORUM ON POLITICS 2006
THE (IN)SIGNIFICANCE OF POLITICAL ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE
Since the 1960s, general elections in Singapo...all »SINGAPORE FORUM ON POLITICS 2006
THE (IN)SIGNIFICANCE OF POLITICAL ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE
Since the 1960s, general elections in Singapore have continued, many say convincingly, to reinstate the People's Action Party as the ruling party. Since the early 1990s, when the Presidency became an elected office, Singaporeans have only voted once for their President. What does all of this mean for the future of elections as an institution of democratic politics in Singapore? Are elections really able to express the will of the people? Have elections ever presented real choices and alternatives for voters? Can elections continue to act as a government's main source of political legitimacy? Are elections anything more than political spectacle to periodically re-enchant a depoliticized administrative state? These questions and others will be discussed by a panel of experts in the Singapore Forum on Politics 2006«
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