03403oam 2200769I 450 991077980980332120230501174317.01-134-85599-01-134-85600-81-138-99509-61-280-15689-90-203-42443-310.4324/9780203424438(CKB)111056485519574(EBL)166746(OCoLC)62589019(SSID)ssj0000224058(PQKBManifestationID)11200772(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224058(PQKBWorkID)10205787(PQKB)10436469(MiAaPQ)EBC166746(Au-PeEL)EBL166746(CaPaEBR)ebr10058232(CaONFJC)MIL15689(OCoLC)52123076(PPN)198453256(EXLCZ)9911105648551957420180331d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe politics of nation building and citizenship in Singapore /Michael Hill, Lian Kwen FeeLondon ;New York :Routledge,1995.1 online resource (x, 285 pages)Politics in Asia seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-30151-X 0-415-10052-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-271) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The state, citizenship and nationality in Singapore; The ethnic origins of Singapore; Education and bilingualism; Multiracialism and the structuring of ethnic relations; Housing policy in the nation building process; Between the family and the state; Parapolitical and intermediary structures; From the ideology of pragmatism to shared values; Civil society: the current project; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexSince independence in 1965 Singapore has strengthened its own national identity through a conscious process of nation-building and promoting the active role of the citizen within society. Singapore is a state that has firmly rejected welfarism but whose political leaders have maintained that collective values, instead of those of autonomous individuals, are essential to its very survival.The book begins by examining basic concepts of citizenship, nationality and the state in the context of Singapore's arrival at independence.Politics in Asia series.The politics of nation building & citizenship in SingaporeCitizenshipSingaporeCivil societySingaporeNationalismSingaporePolitical participationSingaporeMulticulturalismSingaporeSingaporePolitics and governmentCitizenshipCivil societyNationalismPolitical participationMulticulturalism306/.095957Hill Michael1943 Dec. 30,1468688Lian Kwen Fee1950-1468689MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779809803321The politics of nation building and citizenship in Singapore3679985UNINA