From Political Dominance To Multiple Interaction:the Changes Of Singapore Associations

Changes about the social associations in Singapore have been happening all the time,these changes vary from the organizational structure,size,source of funds,the content of the event,the function of the organization,and the relationship between the communities and the political party,which are accompanied by the development of Singapore's politics and the development of world politics.The changes have their multi-level reasons,and also far-reaching impacts.This paper chooses the largest,most well-structured and cohesive organization-the people's association as a research case to explore these changes.The paper discusses the topic by using Huntington's theory of political stability,political development theory,literature research and analytic hierarchy process in four chapters.The conclusion of the article is that the Singapore community organization has experienced a functional change from a single political function organization to a social service-oriented association which conducts multi-faceted interaction with the political parties.In the case of the People's Association,this change can be manifested through many elements during the three stages of development.As for the reasons for the changes,at the international level,the reasons include the impact of the third wave of democratization and international environmental changes happened during the time from the Cold War to the post-Cold War era all,at the national level,Singapore's socio-economic,development of political system and mechanism and the rise of the middle class in the population are parts of the reasons;Of course,difficulties that PA encountered in the development process are also the reasons.The impact of these changes include impacts on the Singapore People's Association itself,Singapore's domestic politics and the political development of neighboring countries.