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200 10$aCommunitarian ideology and democracy in Singapore /$fBeng-Huat Chua
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1995.
215   $a1 online resource (xi, 237 pages)
225 1 $aPolitics in Asia series
300   $aThis book was produced with the assistance of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
311   $a0-415-12054-3 
311   $a0-415-16465-6 
311   $a0-203-03372-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook 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; Index
330   $aThe 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 commun
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606   $aDemocracy$zSingapore
606   $aCommunities
607   $aSingapore$xPolitics and government
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aDemocracy
615  0$aCommunities.
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700   $aChua$b Beng Huat.$0896138
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