Management of Success : : The Moulding of Modern Singapore / / ed. by Kernial Singh Sandhu, Paul Wheatley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Alatas, Syed Hussein,; Ann, Koh Tai,; Ann, Lee Soo,; Austin, W. Timothy,; Bartholomew, G. W.,; Bryant, Ralph C.,; Chee, Chan Heng,; Chee, Tham Seong,; Fesharaki, Fereidun,; Findlay, Ronald,; Fong, Pang Eng,; Gilbert, Arthur Lee,; Grubel, Herbert G.,; Gungwu, Wang,; Hiok, Lee Boon,; Huat, Chua Beng,; Huat, Tan Chwee,; Hui, Ong Jin,; Jussawalla, Meheroo,; Krause, Lawrence B.,; Lee, Edwin,; Lee, Kevin Tan Yew,; Leifer, Michael,; Lim, Linda Y. C.,; Lim, Shirley,; Ling, Ooi Giok,; Ling, Trevor,; May, Cheng Sod,; Meng, Ho Wing,; Meow, Seah Chee,; Motiwalla, Juzar,; Pendakur, V. Setty,; Pillai, Philip N.,; Poh, Wong Poh,; Pugh, Cedric,; Quah, Jon S. T.,; Quah, Stella R.,; Rieger, Hans Christoph,; Sandhu, Kernial Singh,; Shotam, Nirmala Puru,; Siddique, Sharon,; Sien, Chia Lin,; Soon, Tay Kheng,; Tee, Koh Ai,; Teng, Yap Mui,; Thumboo, Edwin,; Tilman, Robert O.,; Varaprasad, N.,; Vasil, Raj,; Vogel, Ezra F.,; Vue, Chia Slow,; Wheatley, Paul,; Willmott, W. E.,; Wong, Aline K.,; Yah, Lim Chong,
• HerausgeberIn: Singh Sandhu, Kernial,; Wheatley, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1989]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 1989
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1184 p.)

Fifty-six authors provide analytical reflections on how Singapore has been transformed from a colony into a thriving, modern, independent republic. It offers the most comprehensive evaluation of the achievements of the government and people of Singapore to date. An outline of the colonial context is followed by evaluations of government policy and practice; restructuring of the economy and accompanying social changes; concomitant modifications in the cultural matrix, and the way Singapore is responding to the information revolution and the changing international environment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- NOTES ON SINGAPORE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PLATES -- SECTION 1: SINGAPORE'S INHERITANCE -- 1. The Colonial Legacy -- SECTION 2: LEADERSHIP AND POLICY -- 2. The Political Leadership: Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP Team -- 3. The PAP and the Structuring of the Political System -- 4. The Bureaucracy -- 5. The Limits of Government Intervention -- 6. The Management of People -- 7. Trade Unions -- 8. Social Welfare -- SECTION 3: THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECONOMY -- 9. From High Growth Rates to Recession -- 10. Theoretical Notes on Singapore as a Development Model -- 11. Diversification of Trade -- 12. The Character and Progress of Industrialization -- 13. Expansion of the Service, Sector -- 14. Singapore as an Oil Centre -- 15. The Port of Singapore -- 16. The Evolution of Singapore as a Financial Centre -- 17. Singapore's Record of Price Stability, 1966-84 -- 18. Elaboration of the Transport System -- 19. Providing Mobility and Accessibility -- 20. Government as Entrepreneur -- SECTION 4: THE TRANSFORMATION O F SOCIETY -- 21. The Demographic Base -- 22. The Perception and Practice of Education -- 23. Language and Linguistic Policies -- 24. The English-Language Writer in Singapore -- 25. The Chinese as Immigrants and Settlers -- 26. Singaporean Identity -- 27. The Emergence of Nationalism -- SECTION 5: THE LAW -- 28. The Singapore Legal System -- 29. Constitutional Development -- SECTION 6: VALUE SYSTEMS -- 30. Value Premises Underlying the Transformation of Singapore -- 31. Religion -- 32. Culture and the Arts -- 33. Self-Images: Contexts for Transformations -- SECTION 7: MODIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- 34. The Transformation of the Physical Environment -- 35. Spatial Reorganization -- 36. The Idea of the Garden City -- 37. The Political Economy of Public Housing -- 38. The Architecture of Rapid Transformation -- SECTION 8: TOWARDS AN INFORMATION SOCIETY -- 39. Managing the Information Revolution -- 40. Singapore in the Computer Age -- SECTION 9: COMMUNITY AND NATIONA L SECURITY -- 41. Crime and Control -- 42. Community Security -- 43. National Security -- SECTION 10: FOREIGN RELATIONS -- 44. The Conduct of Foreign Policy -- SECTION 11: LIFE IN SINGAPORE -- 45. The Problem of Corruption -- 46. The Business of Living in Singapore -- 47. The Quality of Life in Singapore: A Foreigner's Reflections -- 48. A Little Dragon Tamed -- 49. Challenges of Success -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX