Kernial Singh Sandhu, Paul Wheatley, Sandhu (A) Kernial Singh

The Management Of Success (eBook, ePUB)

The Moulding Of Modern Singapore

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of analytical reflections on how the island of Singapore has been transformed from a colony in a crumbling empire into a thriving, modern, secular, independent republic. These are the results of a five-year project by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 1134
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000303216
• Artikelnr.: 57076452

Autorenporträt

The late Kernial Singh Sandhu (1929-92) taught at the Universities of Malaya, Singapore and British Columbia before becoming Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in 1972. Professor of Asia Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan and also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notes on Singapore
Singapore's Inheritance
The Colonial Legacy
Leadership and Policy
The Political Leadership
The PAP and the Structuring of the Political System
The Bureaucracy
The Limits of Government Intervention
The Management of People
Trade Unions
Social Welfare
The Restructuring of the Economy
From High Growth Rates to Recession
Theoretical Notes on Singapore as a Development Model
Diversification of Trade
The Character and Progress of Industrialization
Expansion of the Services Sector
Singapore as an Oil Centre
The Port of Singapore
The Evolution of Singapore as a Financial Centre
Singapore's Record of Price Stability, 1966
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Elaboration of the Transport System
Providing Mobility and Accessibility
Government as Entrepreneur
The Transformation of Society
The Demographic Base
The Perception and Practice of Education
Language and Linguistic Policies
The English
Language Writer in Singapore
The Chinese as Immigrants and Settlers
Singaporean Identity
The Emergence of Nationalism
The Law
The Singapore Legal System
Constitutional Development
Value Systems
Value Premises Underlying the Transformation of Singapore
Religion
Culture and the Arts
Self
Images Contexts for Transformations
Modification of the Environment
The Transformation of the Physical Environment
Spatial Reorganization
The Idea of the Garden City*
The Political Economy of Public Housing
The Architecture of Rapid Transformation
Towards an Information Society
Managing the Information Revolution
Singapore in the Computer Age
Community and National Security
Crime and Control
Community Security
National Security
Foreign Relations
The Conduct of Foreign Policy
Life in Singapore
The Problem of Corruption
The Business of Living in Singapore
The Quality of Life in Singapore
The Reckoning
A Little Dragon Tamed
Challenges of Success