Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-building Project
- ISBN-10
- 8776940292
- ISBN-13
- 9788776940294
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- NIAS Press
- Authors
- Michael D. Barr, Zlatko Skrbiš
Description
Singapore has few natural resources but, in a relatively short history, its economic and social development and transformation are nothing short of remarkable. Today Singapore is by far the most successful exemplar of material development in Southeast Asia and it often finds itself the envy of development in Southeast Asia and it often finds itself the envy of developed countries. Furthermore over the last three and a half decades the ruling party has presided over the formation of a thriving community of Singaporeans who love and are proud of their country.
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