Publication Type
Edited Book
Year
8-2015
Abstract
Singapore has a system of representative democracy. This is a form of democracy where the people vote for candidates to represent them in Parliament. These representatives make laws and develop policies on their behalf. Representative democracy can be contrasted with direct democracy, such as in Switzerland, where the people vote to decide directly whether they support certain laws or policies.
The book explains the Singapore parliament, by-elections, the election process, the major political parties, milestones in Singapore's electoral history.
Keywords
Singapore, elections, political parties, democracy
Disciplines
Political Science
ISSN/ISBN
9789810967765
Publisher
SMU APolitical
Language
eng
Copyright Holder
SMU APolitical / Grace Morgan
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
MORGAN, Grace (ed.). A Guide to General Elections in Singapore. Singapore: SMU APolitical, 2015. Available at http://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/studentpub/2
Research Areas
Political Science