Singapore in the New Millennium : : Challenges Facing the City-State / / ed. by Derek da Cunha.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Cunha, Derek da,; Ganesan, N.,; Guan, Kwa Chong,; Hwa, Ang Peng,; Lim, Raymond,; Low, Linda,; Nathan, J. M.,; Tan, Jason,; Tay, Simon S. C.,; Wee, C.J.W.-L.,
• HerausgeberIn: da Cunha, Derek,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2002]; ©2002
• 出版年: 2002
• 语言: English
• 实物描述: 1 online resource (293 p.)

Among nation-states, Singapore ranks as possibly the greatest success story of the 20th century. It is a story of how a small city-state in the politically volatile region of Southeast Asia transformed itself, within a relatively short period of time, from being an economic backwater to an economic...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• CONTRIBUTORS
• 1. The Limits of a City-state: Or Are There?
• 2. External Challenges Facing the Economy
• 3. Governance: Its Complexity and Evolution
• 4. The Future of Civil Society: What Next?
• 5. Relating to the World: Images, Metaphors, and Analogies
• 6. Defence and Security: Evolving Threat Perceptions
• 7. Education in the Early 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas
• 8. Reframing Modernity: The Challenge of Remaking Singapore
• 9. National Identity, the Arts, and the Global City
• 10. The Media and the Flow of Information
• 11. Conclusion
• INDEX