The Singapore School: Technocracy or Less

Michael D. Barr

The Singapore School: Technocracy or Less

Michael D. Barr

College of Business, Government and Law

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Abstract

Commentators and public policy practitioners – particularly but not exclusively in
the developing world – routinely hold up Singapore as a worthy example of effective government (see, for example, The Economist, 18 July 2015). Authoritarian
governments – and China in particular – have been especially impressed with
Singapore’s record of running both a successful capitalist economy and an effective, technocratic government without making many concessions to democracy
or liberal freedoms. This feature has prompted debates between academics about
whether Singapore’s point of attraction is the success of its authoritarian politics
or the effectiveness of its administration (Liu and Wang, 2018; Lim and Horesh,
2016; Ortmann and Thompson, 2018).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	China's 'Singapore Model' and Authoritarian Learning
Editors	Stephan Ortmann, Mark R. Thompson
Place of Publication	London and New York
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Chapter	3
Pages	54-71
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-429-4255-4, 978042942554
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-38839-0, 9781138388390
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Studies

Keywords

China governance
Singapore governance
Singapore politics

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China's 'Singapore Model' and Authoritarian Learning. ed. / Stephan Ortmann; Mark R. Thompson. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2020. p. 54-71 (Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Studies).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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