Consolidating authoritarian rule: Calibrated coercion in Singapore

Pacific Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-145

  George, Cherian ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Authoritarian systems; Democracy; Politics; Press; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEDIA ROLE; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34249776942     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740701306782     Document Type: Article

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