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Race, ethnicity, and the state in Malaysia and Singapore
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ISBN: 1281398691 9786611398699 9047409469 9789047409465 900415096X 9789004150966 900415096X 9789004150966 9789047409465 9781281398697 6611398694 Year: 2006 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This publication brings together the work of several writers in documenting and understanding the consequences of state-formation on ethnicity in Malaysia and Singapore, thirty years after the two nations went their separate paths.


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Singapore perspectives 2009 : the heart of the matter
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ISBN: 1282443100 9786612443107 981428226X 9789814282260 9781282443105 9789814280624 9814280623 Year: 2009 Publisher: Singapore : World Scientific,

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The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term. In this volume, contributors take an in-depth look at four topics of pertinent interest to Singapore's mid- to long-term future and offer some radical ideas for


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Singapore's foreign policy : the search for regional order
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ISBN: 1281911534 9786611911539 9812770348 9789812770349 9781281911537 9812708596 9812778888 9789812708595 9789812778888 9812708596 9789812708595 6611911537 Year: 2008 Publisher: Hackensack, NJ : Istitute of Policy Studies/World Scientific,

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The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of being a small state; second, its primary purpose is to ensure Singapore's survival, given its small size; and third, this logic of survival dictates a realpolitik approach to foreign policy and national security. This book argues that an exclusively realist view of Singapore's foreign policy is inadequate. Singapore's foreign policy is also shaped by the positive effects of economic interdependence and regional institution-building - instruments


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Singapore childhood : our stories then and now
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ISBN: 1283850745 981439078X 9789814390781 9789814390774 9814390771 Year: 2013 Publisher: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific,

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The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood - birth, home, play, school, health and welfare - are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers.Written i

Realism and interdependence in Singapore's foreign policy
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ISBN: 1280236132 9786610236138 0203099761 9780203099766 041535076X 9781134267514 1134267517 9781134267460 1134267460 9781134267507 1134267509 9780415350761 041535076X 9780415446747 0415446740 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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Singapore's existence and success derive in part from its achievements in the domestic political arena and in part from the skilful management of a well-defined foreign policy with clearly identifiable goals and issues. A visible core of realist self-reliance is layered with the demands of a competitive trading state that requires a liberal international trading regime. Hence, both competitive and cooperative philosophies support Singapore's foreign policy.This text charts the philosophical underpinning of Singapore's foreign policy output and the institutions responsible for


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Historical dictionary of Singapore
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ISBN: 1282936689 9786612936685 0810873877 9780810873872 081087184X 9780810871847 9780810871847 9781282936683 6612936681 Year: 2010 Publisher: Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press,

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The Historical Dictionary of Singapore relates this history of this country through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Singapore history from the earliest times to the present.


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Celluloid Singapore : cinema, performance and the national
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ISBN: 1474452256 147444461X 1474435408 1474402895 9781474402897 9781474402880 9781474452250 1474402887 9781474402880 9781474435406 Year: 2018 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore's fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards.


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The little red dot. : reflections of foreign ambassadors on Singapore
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ISBN: 9814612812 9789814612814 9789814641746 981464174X 9789814612807 9814612804 Year: 2015 Publisher: Singapore ; Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific Publishing Company,

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The first two volumes of The Little Red Dot series covered a wide range of views about Singapore's diplomacy by Singaporean diplomats. This new addition to the series offers a complementary perspective of Singapore and its bilateral relations, through the eyes of past heads of missions from foreign countries who have served as ambassadors to Singapore. The reader will be able to glean insights from the foreign diplomats who took an active role in getting to know Singapore, and at the same time, also worked hard to promote their respective countries' interests. As seen from their perspectives, the reader can learn more about what was unique about Singapore, what they learnt and what made their postings to Singapore memorable. These candid reflections will allow Singaporean readers to understand how different elements of our country are often seen as a whole, and how that in turn contributes to the impressions that our foreign friends have of Singapore. Often cited by the contributors are the success of Singapore's economic development, our cohesive multi-cultural and multi-religious society, our good governance, our education system and opportunities for the young. These aspects that are highlighted, among others, are what makes Singapore unique and they are also important to Singapore's future. There were, of course, some critical comments on some aspects of our culture and political arrangements. We should evaluate them with an open mind, always willing to learn from our friends.


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Nanyang : essays on heritage
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ISBN: 9814786527 9814786519 Year: 2018 Publisher: Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,

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This volume is a book of reflections and encounters about the region that the Chinese knew as Nanyang. The essays in it look back at the years of uncertainty after the end of World War II and explore the period largely through images of mixed heritages in Malaysia and Singapore. They also look at the trends towards social and political divisiveness following the years of decolonization in Southeast Asia. Never far in the background is the struggle to build new nations during four decades of an ideological Cold War and the Chinese determination to move from near-collapse in the 1940s and out of the traumatic changes of the Maoist revolution to become the powerhouse that it now is.


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Serving a New Nation : Baey Lian Peck's Singapore Story
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ISBN: 981451909X 9814519081 Year: 2011 Publisher: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,

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The story of Dr Baey Lian Peck should be well known, but it is not. Not even among Singaporeans, and especially not among the young. This tells us a lot about a Singapore caught in pathological haste and prone towards ignoring values that do not add to the financial bottom line. The innovativeness of Dr Baey did not only make him a very wealthy man before he was forty, it also made him an indispensable actor in the implementation of urgently constructed national policies. Political leaders such as Dr Toh Chin Chye, Lim Kim San, Chua Sian Chin and Dr Goh Keng Swee picked him to solve pressing problems such as skyrocketing inflation in the early 1970s, the crisis in prisoner ward in the late 1970s, and the drug addiction epidemic in that same latter period. His one condition for taking on public positions was that he should not be paid. It was exactly this independent trait that made him so highly effective. This book tells his amazing life story, taking us into a surprising world where the qualities that make a good entrepreneur are exactly what make a good public servant... as long as he remains unbound by the bureaucracy. "Dr Baey has left us and future generations a reservoir of knowledge, experience and expertise in his book which are derived from the major projects and programmes that he helped set up, nurture and run. We cannot dismiss them as just history. There are invaluable lessons to be gained. Sometimes we need to look at the past to understand the present and future. More importantly, he comes across as a strong and inspiring role model in service to the nation." -K.V. Veloo, pioneer in Probation and Aftercare who set up SANA (Aftercare) Counselling Service, and Prison Welfare Service. Ooi Kee Beng is Senior Fellow at the

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