Responding to Globalization : Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore /

Investigates the Singapore Government's approach to the construction of national identity and the shifting ways in which Singapore has been imagined in official discourses. Focuses on the global/national nexus: the tensions between the necessity to embrace the global to ensure economic survival...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Velayutham, Selvaraj, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Values.
Social values.
Politics and government
National characteristics, Singaporean.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Political aspects.
Cultural policy.
Singaporeans.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique > Singapour.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Singapour.
Valeurs sociales > Singapour.
Valeurs (Philosophie) > Singapour.
Singapouriens.
Globalization > Political aspects > Singapore.
Globalization > Social aspects > Singapore.
Social values > Singapore.
Values > Singapore.
Singapore.
Singapour > Politique culturelle.
Singapour > Politique et gouvernement.
Singapore > Cultural policy.
Singapore > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: globalization and the nation-state
  • The making of the Singapore nation-state and the quest for a national identity
  • The rhetoric of Asian values and the embracing of a "new Asian" identity
  • Creating national citizens for a global city
  • Re-branding Singapore: cosmopolitan cultural and urban redevelopment in a global city-state
  • At "home" in a globalized city-state?

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