Debating Singapore : : Reflective Essays / / Derek da Cunha.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: da Cunha, Derek,
• MitwirkendeR: Booth, Anne,; Cunha, Derek Da,; Devan, Janadas,; Heng, Geraldine,; Heng, Russell,; Huat, Chua Beng,; Huen, P. Lim Pui,; Ishak, Lily Zubaidah Rahim,; Jeyaretnam, Philip,; Keung, John,; Kiat, Liak Teng,; Kon, Stella,; Krishnan, Sanjay,; Lim, Ling Mei,; Ling, Lee Gek,; Mahizhnan, Arun,; Ooi, G.L.,; Raman, P.G.,; Ser, Toh Thian,; Siong, Liew Kim,; Soon, Tay Kheng,; Souchou, Yao,; Vasil, Raj,; Wagner, Norbert,; Wah, David Chan Kum,; Woon, Walter,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

Debating Singapore, a volume of thirty essays, offers perceptive observations, acerbic commentary and judicious critiques from academics and professionals on key economic, social and cultural issues that have shaped discourse on Singapore since 1990. Written between 1990 and 1994, these concise essays capture the essence of debate during a particular moment in time. They also convey a sense of the rapidity with which change, in both tangible and intangible dimensions, takes place in the Singapore of the 1990s.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Entree -- 1. The intellectual's role in society -- Democracy under scrutiny -- 2. Give me liberty or give me wealth -- 3. Nominated MPs: some check is better than no check -- 4. Foolish to hamper democracy's growth -- 5. A minimum working hypothesis of democracy for Singapore -- 6. For a communitarian democracy in Singapore -- Debating ethnicity, welfarism and population trends -- 7. Ethnic peace: a unique contribution -- 8. An ethnically diverse nation's task -- 9. The paradox of ethnic-based self-help groups -- 10. Welfarism and an affluent Singapore -- 11. A declining birthrate -- Aspects of Singaporeanness -- 12. Comparing the Singaporean undergraduate with the American -- 13. Kiasuism and the withering away of Singaporean creativity -- 14. Frugality jockeys with conspicuous consumption -- 15. Is Singlish becoming a language of prestige? -- 16. Where gilded youth are lacking in heart -- Critiquing the arts and popular culture -- 17. What sort of culture should Singapore have? -- 18. The West, popular culture, and Singapore -- 19. The arts and the market -- 20. New reach for Singapore's English-language theatre -- 21. Being obsessed with things sexual in the arts -- 22. Self-congratulation: hallmark of the Singapore arts scene -- Urbanism and the search for space -- 23. Understanding a society's needs for space -- 24. Key urban challenges amidst rapid change -- 25. Eye on the Concept Plan -- 26. A new urbanism communicated by shopping centres -- The economy: new directions, old problems -- 27. Corporate networking: where to next? -- 28. Creating a new urban elite for Singapore -- 29. Privatization may not be the best answer -- 30. Domestic enterprises: levelling the playing field -- 31. When will Singapore become a developed country? -- Contributors