Civilsamhället i Singapore : en demokratiseringskraft att räkna med?

Sammanfattning: Essay in political science, D-level by Lisa Kringsberg, spring semester 2008. Tutor: Michele Micheletti. “Civil Society in Singapore – can it make democratization possible” The third wave of democratization and the end of the cold war has together increased the interest of the civil society as an impact on democratization. Singapore is a country which is higly-developt in both the socie-economic and economic field. Dispate this Singapore has not yet achieved to become a democratic state. The purpose of this essay is to study how the civil society can affect democracy in a country. My main research question is to test how civil society in Singapore can figure as a force to introduce democracy. The methodological approach is a qualatative case study. To come to any conlusions about my main research question I’ve used an analyse chart which focuses on three variables; freedom of speech, liberty of press and freedom of association. The theoretical approach that my thesis takes its aim from is based on research done about civil society. The conclusion of this thesis is that the possibilities for the civil society to figure as a force to introduce democracy in Singapore is limited.