Singapore: The Unexpected Nation
Edwin Lee Siew Cheng, author
Date of publication:
2008
Publisher:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Number of pages:
708
Code:
BM341
Soft Cover
ISBN: 9789812307958
Reviews
"The book is useful most directly to those interested in the recent history of Singapore, as the several chapters include helpful background and insights into government policies regarding national development and factors behind the country's economic growth and competitiveness. Written in an approachable style, this book will be useful to undergraduate audiences" (CHOICE).
About the publication
This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it, they might never have found the resolve and the secret of building this extraordinary nation, this nation based on Singapore alone that they and an entire generation had once believed an impossibility.
This story of nation-building deals with topics on national (army) service, economic development, education in schools and in universities, housing and home ownership. It deals also with issues of ethnicity and national identity in the context of challenges from within and without, in the latter case from globalization and global Islamism.
This story of nation-building deals with topics on national (army) service, economic development, education in schools and in universities, housing and home ownership. It deals also with issues of ethnicity and national identity in the context of challenges from within and without, in the latter case from globalization and global Islamism.
Contents
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Singapore: The Unexpected Nation
[Whole Publication, ISBN: 9789812307972] -
Preliminary pages with Introduction by Wang Gungwu
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1. Beginnings: From Temasek to Singapore
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2. Race, History and Nationalism
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3. Contestants and Contesting Visions
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4. The Accidental Chief Minister
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5. The Terminal Chief Minister
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6. The Embattled Prime Minister
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7. Merger: Contesting Ownership and Principles
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8. Terms of Disendearment
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9. Dare to be Equal
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10. The Way to Survive
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11. National Service: The Price of Independence
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12. Politics of Education
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13. Home Ownership, National Stability and the New Middle Classes
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14. University and Nation
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15. Toh's Nation-Building Thrust
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16. Nantah: Between Community and Nation
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17. Self-Renewal: Talents for a Tough Act
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18. The Consensual Prime Minister
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19. Confucianism, Christianity, Chineseness
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20. Singapore Dreams, Singapore Dilemmas
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21. The Hyphenated Singaporean
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22. The Unexpected Nation
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Bibliographical Note
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Index
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The Author
