03396nam 2200733Ia 450 991096177620332120251116142418.01-134-80986-71-134-80987-51-280-33121-60-203-29298-710.4324/9780203033722 (CKB)111056485307964(EBL)180035(OCoLC)300257732(SSID)ssj0000292090(PQKBManifestationID)11234684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292090(PQKBWorkID)10255949(PQKB)10563540(SSID)ssj0000125829(PQKBManifestationID)11132505(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125829(PQKBWorkID)10030458(PQKB)11737224(Au-PeEL)EBL180035(CaPaEBR)ebr10057623(CaONFJC)MIL33121(MiAaPQ)EBC180035(PPN)198458614(EXLCZ)9911105648530796419941027d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCommunitarian ideology and democracy in Singapore /Beng-Huat ChuaLondon ;New York Routledge19951 online resource (xi, 237 pages)Politics in Asia seriesThis book was produced with the assistance of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia.0-415-12054-3 0-415-16465-6 0-203-03372-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ideological trajectory: from authoritarianism to communitarianism; Reopening ideological discussion; Pragmatism of the PAP government: a critical assessment; The business of living: transformation of everyday life; The making of a new nation: cultural construction and national identity; Not depoliticised but ideologically successful: the public housing programme; Confucianisation abandoned; Building the political middle ground; Towards a non-liberal communitarian democracy; Conclusion; References; IndexThe economic success of Singapore has established the country as a model for other nations. Yet until now the ideas behind this accomplishment have not been critically examined. Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore fills this gap. The book outlines the policies the ruling party has adopted over the past three decades. It charts the government's move away from Western concepts towards the evolution of 'Asian democracy'. The author analyses this anti-liberal democracy and the government's motives for repackaging cultural heritage into a national ideology of Asian communPolitics in Asia series.DemocracySingaporeCommunitiesSingaporePolitics and governmentDemocracyCommunities.959.5705Chua Beng Huat896138Murdoch University.Asia Research Centre.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961776203321Communitarian ideology and democracy in Singapore4493256UNINA