Additional Readings for "Government and Politics"

The following are a few longer (and somewhat random) articles relating to government and politics that I found plausibly suitable for discussion but probably too lenghty to be reprinted on paper for every student. The views presented in them, are, of course, not necessarily those I agree with or endorse; they are simply views or ways of presenting that I have found on the net, and which I think are interesting enough for a little contemplation or critique.

Singapore
"Newspapers: Freedom from the press" by Cherian George
"The government should let the hotel open a bak chor mee stall" by Bernard Leong
"Disneyland with the Death Penalty" by William Gibson
"Singapore needs to change, not continue repression" by Arthur Waldron
"Set up free-speech venues" by Cherian George and Zulkifli Baharudin

Welfarism
"Swedish Models" by Johan Norberg
"Evolution of a Social Welfare System in Indonesia?" by John McBeth

Civil Rights
"Abstract People" by Thomas Sowell

China, Capitalism, Democracy
"Will China's Capitalist Revolution Turn Democratic?" by Minxin Pei