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100 1 _aSIM Soek-Fang
245 _aHegemonic authoritarianism and Singapore:
_beconomics, ideology and the Asian economic crisis /
_cSoek-Fang Sim
260 _c2006
520 _aSuggests that Gramsci's theory of hegemony (that is: hegemony as non-coercive leadership over a coalition of allied social forces [Oxford companion to politics of the world, 1993]). offers a better explanation of the political systems of east and southeast Asian countries than those suggested by contemporary theories of authoritarianism. Uses the example of Singapore to illustrate the argument.
650 _aSINGAPORE
_xPOLITICAL THEORY
650 _aSOUTHEAST ASIA
_xPOLITICAL THEORY
650 _aHEGEMONY
650 _aSINGAPORE
_xGOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
690 _aSingapore
773 _aJournal of Contemporary Asia :
_gVol 36 No 2, 2006, pp.143-159 (107)
945 _i20146-1001
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