Machine derived contents note: PART 1:
INTRODUCTION: SINGAPORE'S POLITICAL
SYSTEM AND DEMOCRATIC CULTURE 1
Chapter 1: Opposition Politics in a Dominant
One-Party System 3
Introduction 3
Singapore's Political System 7
PART 2:
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
SINGAPORE POLITICS BEFORE 1965 35
Chapter 2: Early Parties and the PAP 37
Colonial Rule and Labour Front Government 37
The PAP - From Opposition to Government 44
PART 3:
SINGAPORE'S OPPOSITION PARTIES:
CASE STUDIES OF FOUR PARTIES 71
Introduction 72
Chapter 3: Barisan Sosialis: From Formidable
Opposition to Oblivion 73
Formative Years 73
Reasons for Decline 96
Chapter 4: Workers' Party: A Party Denied
Workers' Support 119
Formative Years under Marshall (1957-1970) 120
The Second Phase under J.B. Jeyaretnam
(1971-2001) 131
Reasons for Decline 152
Chapter 5: Singapore Democratic Party: From
Accommodation to Confrontation 166
Fori;iauive Years and Early Leadership 166
Reasons for Decline 183
Chapter 6: Singapore Malays National Organisation
(PKMS): A Malay-Minority Party in a
Chinese-Majority State 199
Formative Years and Early Leadership 200
Reasons for Decline 212
PART 4:
IMPEDIMENTS TO A VIABLE
OPPOSITION IN SINGAPORE 235
Introduction 236
Chapter 7: Affluence and Effective Government Versus
Weaknesses of Opposition Parties 239
Government's Deliverance of Economic Prosperity 240
The Contrast: Opposition's Weaknesses 253
Chapter 8: Systemic Impediments and Regulation
of Key Institutions of State Apparatus 271
Systemic Impediments 271
Regulation of Key Institutions 285
Chapter 9: Shifting Rules of the Game 324
Changes to Constitution and Election Laws 324
Chapter 10: "Caution Syndrome" and "Subject" Political
Culture 352
"Caution Syndrome" 353
"Subject" Political Culture 358
PART 5:
CONCLUSION: FUTURE PROSPECTS
FOR OPPOSITION PARTIES 369
Chapter 11: Opposition Parties in Singapore:
A Sisyphean Future? 371
Prospects for Singapore's Opposition Parties 372
Scenarios of Singapore's Future Political System 380
Bibliography 404
Index 423.
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