UID:
edocfu_9959230100102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
ISBN:
1-134-85599-0
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1-134-85600-8
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1-138-99509-6
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1-280-15689-9
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0-203-42443-3
Series Statement:
Politics in Asia series
Content:
Since independence in 1965 Singapore has strengthened its own national identity through a conscious process of nation-building and promoting the active role of the citizen within society. Singapore is a state that has firmly rejected welfarism but whose political leaders have maintained that collective values, instead of those of autonomous individuals, are essential to its very survival.The book begins by examining basic concepts of citizenship, nationality and the state in the context of Singapore's arrival at independence.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The state, citizenship and nationality in Singapore; The ethnic origins of Singapore; Education and bilingualism; Multiracialism and the structuring of ethnic relations; Housing policy in the nation building process; Between the family and the state; Parapolitical and intermediary structures; From the ideology of pragmatism to shared values; Civil society: the current project; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-30151-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10052-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203424438
