TY  - BOOK
AU  - MORGENBESSER Lee
TI  - The autocratic mandate: elections, legitimacy and regime stability in Singapore
PY  - 2017///
KW  - SINGAPORE
KW  -  STABILITY
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - LEGITIMACY
N2  - This article explained how authoritarian regimes use flawed elections as a legitimation mechanism in the service of stability.  It argued ruling parties pursue autonomous legitimacy which demands the feigning of conformity to the established rules of the constitution and the shared beliefs of citizens
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2016.1201134
ER  -