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Constructing Singapore : elitism, ethnicity and the nation-building project /
"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 example of material development in Southeast Asia and it often finds itself the envy of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Copenhagen :
NIAS,
2008.
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| Colección: | Democracy in Asia ;
no. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: island, colony, city, nation
- The Singapore story: constructing a national myth
- Constructing the nation: elitism and ethnicity
- The culture of elite governance
- Incomplete assimilation: from civic nationalism to ethno-nationalism
- Building the 'new' Singaporean and new elite
- Catching them young: afraid to fail in kindergarten
- Grades, kiasuism and race: primary school and beyond
- Sorting the 'scholars' from the 'commoners': secondary school and junior college
- Winners and losers: gender, race and class in elite selection
- Making a Mandarin: inside the administrative elite
- Conclusion: a tentative assessment of Singapore's nation-building project.