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

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• 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...

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