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ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
- Singapore: The Unexpected Nation
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
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This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it, they might never have found the resolve and the secret of building this extraordinary nation, this nation based on Singapore alone that they and an entire generation had once believed an impossibility. This story of nation-building deals with topics on national (army) service, economic development, education in schools and in universities, housing and home ownership. It deals also with issues of ethnicity and national identity in the context of challenges from within and without, in the latter case from globalization and global Islamism.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xv-xxii
- 2. Race, History and Nationalism
- pp. 21-50
- 4. The Accidental Chief Minister
- pp. 99-130
- 5. The Terminal Chief Minister
- pp. 131-158
- 6. The Embattled Prime Minister
- pp. 159-188
- 8. Terms of Disendearment
- pp. 217-238
- 9. Dare to be Equal
- pp. 239-264
- 10. The Way to Survive
- pp. 265-280
- 12. Politics of Education
- pp. 295-322
- 14. University and Nation
- pp. 359-386
- 15. Toh’s Nation-Building Thrust
- pp. 387-416
- 16. Nantah: Between Community and Nation
- pp. 417-452
- 17. Self-Renewal: Talents for a Tough Act
- pp. 453-486
- 18. The Consensual Prime Minister
- pp. 487-532
- 19. Confucianism, Christianity, Chineseness
- pp. 533-558
- 20. Singapore Dreams, Singapore Dilemmas
- pp. 559-596
- 21. The Hyphenated Singaporean
- pp. 597-632
- 22. The Unexpected Nation
- pp. 633-666
- Bibliographical Note
- pp. 667-674
- The Author
- p. 708
Additional Information
ISBN
9789812307972
Related ISBN(s)
9789812307965
MARC Record
OCLC
751689444
Pages
708
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No