03544nam 2200601 a 450 991046283950332120200520144314.0981-4382-70-1(CKB)2670000000373839(EBL)1195340(OCoLC)850163340(SSID)ssj0001077601(PQKBManifestationID)11569326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001077601(PQKBWorkID)11036234(PQKB)11640956(MiAaPQ)EBC1195340(PPN)176637087(Au-PeEL)EBL1195340(CaPaEBR)ebr10715004(EXLCZ)99267000000037383920050114d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe economics of modernization[electronic resource] /Goh Keng Swee2nd ed.Singapore Marshall Cavendish Academic20041 online resource (258 p.)Economics & policy studies The economics of modernization First published: Singapore : Asia Pacific Press, 1972.Previous ed.: Singapore : Federal Publications, 1995.Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Economics of Modernization""; ""2 Cities as Modernizers""; ""3 Some Delusions of the Decade of Development""; ""4 Abolition of Poverty""; ""5 Making Compatible Choices""; ""6 Man and Economic Development""; ""7 Social, Political and Institutional Aspects of Development Planning""; ""8 Management in the Developing Society""; ""9 Workers in Developing Countries""; ""10 Labour and the Co-operative Movement in Singapore""; ""11 Differences in Economic Development Problems as between Singapore and Other Asian Countries""""12 Regional Co-operationin South-East Asia""""13 Foreign Big Business in Singapore""; ""14 Singapore�s Monetary System, 1969""; ""15 Education Reform""; ""16 Population Control""; ""17 Voluntary Social Work""; ""18 150 Years of Singapore""; ""19 Jurong Bird Park""; ""20 The Hippie Threat""; ""21 Government and Society""; ""22 Industrial Growth and Political Stability""; ""23 Parasite States""; ""24 Socialism in Singapore""; ""25 The Nature and Appeals of Communism in Non-Communist Asian Countries""; ""26 Aftercare of Ex-Detainees""; ""27 Creating an Officer Corps""""28 Hard and Soft Armies""""29 Singapore�s First Decade of Development""; ""30 Facing the Future""; ""Index""Modernization is a vital strategy against centuries of poverty. For success to be achieved, the ethos of traditional society and the old order must give to new beliefs and values (which stress efficiency, law and order, merit through achievement), and a strong effective government able to put through difficult, unpopular, but necessary measures. This is the unifying thread of the collection of Dr Goh's speeches in this volume. (30 speeches and essays, 1961-71).SingaporeEconomic policySingaporeEconomic conditionsSoutheast AsiaEconomic policySoutheast AsiaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.300Goh Keng Swee1918-866084MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462839503321The economics of modernization2490630UNINA