{"product_id":"the-ruling-elite-of-singapore-leadership-beyond-lee-paperback","title":"The Ruling Elite of Singapore: Leadership beyond Lee (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Barr explores both the political and the\ninstitutional logic behind the networks of power at work in one of Asia’s most\nprosperous countries, the city-state of Singapore.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBarr charts the creation\nof a national elite in the 1960s, its consolidation as a multi-generational\nruling elite in the 1980s, and the twists and turns of its trajectory\nthereafter. He argues that the contemporary networks of power are the result of\na deliberate project initiated by Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan\nYew, characterizing it as a brilliant but intrinsically flawed piece of social\nengineering.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis updated and revised edition extends the analysis of the 2014 edition\nthrough to the mid-2020s, arguing that the ruling elite has moved into\nuncharted territory thanks in part to the declining influence of the Lee family\nsince the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015, but more so thanks to the declining\nstandards of professionalism on display in the contemporary networks of power.\nAs Prime Minister Lawrence Wong moves to stamp his personality onto politics\nand Cabinet, this book calculates the practical limits of any changes of\ndirection through analysis of the patterns of elite recruitment and training\nthat have been applied over recent decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael D. Barr\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in\nInternational Relations at Flinders University, Australia. He is\nEditor-in-Chief of Asian Studies Review and is the author of 5 books including\nSingapore: A Modern History (Bloomsbury, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46245363417295,"sku":"9781350505445","price":39.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_ad388033-782d-4b7b-bd3c-05f85f3e667e.jpg?v=1791162477","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-ruling-elite-of-singapore-leadership-beyond-lee-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}