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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Velayutham, Selvaraj, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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, yet needing a committed population to support the perpetuation of the nation-state and its economic success.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 pages).
ISBN:9789812307170

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