The Political Economy Of Social Control In Singapore

Author : C. Tremewan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349246247
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Social Control in Singapore written by C. Tremewan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `The thesis presented here will not only change the way in which we understand contemporary Singaporean society and the relationship between the state and its citizens, but will also provoke a debate about the social costs of economic development in other parts of the world, and the future security of the island republic - increasingly a Chinese enclave in a Malay sea - in the twenty-first century.' - Peter Carey, Trinity College, Oxford This study examines the development of Singapore's complex system of social regulation in relation to the phases of its economic strategy and political transition. It focuses on the way social control works through public housing and welfare, education, parliamentary politics and the law. It draws out the implications of such comprehensive control for political conflict. Popular explanations for Singapore's success and its status as a model for other developing countries are brought into question.

Author : Chris Tremewan
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312121389
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Social Control in Singapore written by Chris Tremewan and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that there is a complex relationship between economic strategy, social control and political conflict in Singapore.

Author : Carl A. Trocki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134502435
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singapore written by Carl A. Trocki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines Singapore’s culture of control, exploring the city-state’s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape. Taking a comparative approach, Trocki demonstrates the links between Singapore’s colonial past and independent present, focusing on the development of indigenous social and political movements. In particular, the book examines the efforts of Lee Yew Kuan, leader of the People’s Action Party from 1959 until 1990, to produce major economic and social transformation. Trocki discusses how Singapore became a workers paradise, but what the city gained in material advancement it paid for in intellectual and cultural sterility. Based on the latest research, Singapore addresses the question of control in one of the most prosperous and dynamic economies in the world, providing a compelling history of post-colonial Singapore.

Author : Youyenn Teo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136671226
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neoliberal Morality in Singapore written by Youyenn Teo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the case study of Singapore, this book examines the production of a set of institutionalized relationships and ethical meanings that link citizens to each other and the state. It looks at how questions of culture and morality are resolved, and how state-society relations are established that render paradoxes and inequalities acceptable, and form the basis of a national political culture. The Singapore government has put in place a number of policies to encourage marriage and boost fertility that has attracted much attention, and are often taken as evidence that the Singapore state is a social engineer. The book argues that these policies have largely failed to reverse demographic trends, and reveals that the effects of the policies are far more interesting and significant. As Singaporeans negotiate various rules and regulations, they form a set of ties to each other and to the state. These institutionalized relationships and shared meanings, referred to as neoliberal morality, render particular ideals about family natural. Based on extensive field work, the book is a useful contribution to studies on Asian Culture and Society, Globalisation, as well as Development Studies.

Author : Garry Rodan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349199230
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Singapore's Industrialization written by Garry Rodan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study which challenges the dominant understanding of Singapore as a case where "correct" policies have made rapid industrialization possible and which raises questions about the possibility and appropriateness of its emulation.

Author : Heng Kong Chan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singapore's Political Economy written by Heng Kong Chan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Low
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of a City-state written by Linda Low and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It uses a political economy approach to analyse how Singapore made its growth and development.

Author : Vincent René Wijeysingha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Political Economy of State Social Policies in Singapore, 1959 to 1997 written by Vincent René Wijeysingha and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael D. Barr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178673527X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singapore written by Michael D. Barr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity and tradition, ideologies and ethnicities, a peculiar set of factors make Singapore what it is today. In this thematic study of the island nation, Michael D. Barr proposes a new approach to understand this development. From the pre-colonial period through to the modern day, he traces the idea, the politics and the geography of Singapore over five centuries of rich history. In doing so he rejects the official narrative of the so-called 'Singapore Story'. Drawing on in-depth archival work and oral histories, Singapore: A Modern History is a work both for students of the country's history and politics, but also for any reader seeking to engage with this enigmatic and vastly successful nation.

Author : Beng Huat Chua
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501713450
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalism Disavowed written by Beng Huat Chua and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Liberalism Disavowed, Beng Huat Chua examines the rejection of Western-style liberalism in Singapore since the nation’s expulsion from Malaysia and formal independence as a republic in 1965. The People’s Action Party, which has ruled Singapore since 1959, has forged an independent non-Western ideology that is evident in various government policies that Chua analyzes, among them multiracialism, public housing, and widespread social distributions to the citizenry. Singapore is prosperous and peaceful, it’s highly advanced on various metrics of economic development, it has a great deal of regional influence, it is home to sophisticated industries and a large financial service sector, and it features what are by Western standards unusually low levels of social inequality. Paradoxically, however, it is no beacon of political liberalism. Chua sets forth ample evidence that the dominance of the People’s Action Party is based on a combination of economic success and media control, limits on public protests, libel suits against political opponents, and severely curtailed civil liberties.