The Singapore general election 1997: Campaigning strategy, results, and analysis

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-216

  Li, Jinshan ^a   Elklit, Jørgen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electoral campaign; Electoral system; Minority issues; Party block vote; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033056132     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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