Race and State in Independent Singapore 1965-1990: The Cultural Politics of Pluralism in a Multiethnic Society

by John Clammer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138334790
• ISBN13: 9781138334793
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 291 Pages