Race and state in independent Singapore 1965-1990 : the cultural politics of pluralism in a multiethnic society /
Clammer, J. R.,
Race and state in independent Singapore 1965-1990 : the cultural politics of pluralism in a multiethnic society / John Clammer. - 1 online resource. - Routledge revivals . - Routledge revivals. .
First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First published in 1998, this volume explores Singapore as an ideal case study for the examination of the management of postcoloniality, social diversity and the pursuit of economic growth with ethnic harmony. Singapore has, since independence, evolved a unique mix of state directed capitalism, revamped Confucianism and a social order based on an ideology of multiracialism. The result has been a State with enormous sociological diversity held together by the need to create a unified political order out of a population of immigrants of very diverse origins. This has placed the management of multiethnicity at the heart of political discourse and social policy. This book examines critically the operation of ethnicity in post-independence Singapore, the social policies that have been evolved to manage it, and the implications of the Singapore experiment for other plural societies in Asia and elsewhere.
9780429445095 0429445091
Ethnicity--Government policy--Singapore.
Multiculturalism--Singapore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Singapore--Ethnic relations--Government policy.
Singapore--Social policy.
Singapore--Politics and government--1965-1990.
Electronic books.
DS610 / .C55 2018
305.8/009597
Race and state in independent Singapore 1965-1990 : the cultural politics of pluralism in a multiethnic society / John Clammer. - 1 online resource. - Routledge revivals . - Routledge revivals. .
First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First published in 1998, this volume explores Singapore as an ideal case study for the examination of the management of postcoloniality, social diversity and the pursuit of economic growth with ethnic harmony. Singapore has, since independence, evolved a unique mix of state directed capitalism, revamped Confucianism and a social order based on an ideology of multiracialism. The result has been a State with enormous sociological diversity held together by the need to create a unified political order out of a population of immigrants of very diverse origins. This has placed the management of multiethnicity at the heart of political discourse and social policy. This book examines critically the operation of ethnicity in post-independence Singapore, the social policies that have been evolved to manage it, and the implications of the Singapore experiment for other plural societies in Asia and elsewhere.
9780429445095 0429445091
Ethnicity--Government policy--Singapore.
Multiculturalism--Singapore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Singapore--Ethnic relations--Government policy.
Singapore--Social policy.
Singapore--Politics and government--1965-1990.
Electronic books.
DS610 / .C55 2018
305.8/009597