Singapore "exceptionalism"?: Authoritarian rule and state transformation

Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 231-251

  Rodan, Garry ^a,b  

^a Asia Research Centre   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 67650570178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893111     Document Type: Chapter

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