Key personalities in Singapore politics -- Chronology of key political developments -- List of table and figures -- Abbreviations -- Key terms -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Factors affecting Singapore's internal and external politics -- The political history of Singapore and the relevance of the past -- The Singapore political system - still a Westminster model? -- Political parties - the unchallenged one-party hegemonic state? -- The civil service -- Grassroots organisations in Singapore -- Mass media -- Trade unionism -- Nation building and national identity -- Political leadership and the challenge of renewal -- Civil society and democratisation -- Elections in Singapore - hegemony unchallenged? -- Conclusion: whither politics and governance in Singapore