Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad
During their long tenure as Prime Ministers of Singapore (from 1959 to 1990 for LKY) and Malaysia (from 1981 to 2003 for Dr. Mahathir), both leaders exercised singular influences over public policies in their respective countries, whether it is meritocracy in the case of ingapore or Malaysia‟s hand...
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| description | During their long tenure as Prime Ministers of Singapore (from 1959 to 1990 for LKY) and Malaysia (from 1981 to 2003 for Dr. Mahathir), both leaders exercised singular influences over public policies in their respective countries, whether it is meritocracy in the case of ingapore or Malaysia‟s handling of the Asian Economic Crisis of 1997.This article argues that they be categorized as nation-builders. |
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| spelling | iium-139892012-01-19T04:43:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13989/ Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad Hossain , Ishtiaq JQ Political institutions Asia During their long tenure as Prime Ministers of Singapore (from 1959 to 1990 for LKY) and Malaysia (from 1981 to 2003 for Dr. Mahathir), both leaders exercised singular influences over public policies in their respective countries, whether it is meritocracy in the case of ingapore or Malaysia‟s handling of the Asian Economic Crisis of 1997.This article argues that they be categorized as nation-builders. IIUM 2011-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13989/1/Review_Article_Ishtiaq_Asiatic_5.2.Dec_2011.pdf Hossain , Ishtiaq (2011) Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad. Asiatic, 5 (2). pp. 122-130. ISSN 1985-3106 http://asiatic.iium.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | JQ Political institutions Asia Hossain , Ishtiaq Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title | Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan
Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title_full | Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan
Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title_fullStr | Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan
Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan
Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title_short | Leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: Lee Kuan
Yew and Mahathir Mohamad |
| title_sort | leaders with many traits but a singular purpose: lee kuan
yew and mahathir mohamad |
| topic | JQ Political institutions Asia |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/13989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13989/1/Review_Article_Ishtiaq_Asiatic_5.2.Dec_2011.pdf |