Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore

Download or read book Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore written by Greg Lopez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of Prime Ministers Najib Tun Razak and Lee Hsien Loong, the authors offer a range of explanations for how these regimes have remained politically resilient.