LEADER 03322nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910809125703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-85599-0 010 $a1-134-85600-8 010 $a1-138-99509-6 010 $a1-280-15689-9 010 $a0-203-42443-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203424438 035 $a(CKB)111056485519574 035 $a(EBL)166746 035 $a(OCoLC)62589019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224058 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200772 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224058 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10205787 035 $a(PQKB)10436469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC166746 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL166746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058232 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15689 035 $a(OCoLC)52123076 035 $a(PPN)198453256 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485519574 100 $a19940916d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of nation building and citzenship in Singapore /$fMichael Hill and Lian Kwen Fee 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (x, 285 pages) 225 1 $aPolitics in Asia series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-203-30151-X 311 0 $a0-415-10052-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-271) and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aSince independence in 1965 Singapore has strengthened its own national identity through a conscious process of nation-building and promoting the active role of the citizen within society. Singapore is a state that has firmly rejected welfarism but whose political leaders have maintained that collective values, instead of those of autonomous individuals, are essential to its very survival.The book begins by examining basic concepts of citizenship, nationality and the state in the context of Singapore's arrival at independence. 410 0$aPolitics in Asia series. 606 $aCitizenship$zSingapore 606 $aCivil society$zSingapore 606 $aNationalism$zSingapore 606 $aPolitical participation$zSingapore 606 $aMulticulturalism$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xPolitics and government 615 0$aCitizenship 615 0$aCivil society 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aMulticulturalism 676 $a306/.095957 700 $aHill$b Michael$f1943 Dec. 30-$01754316 701 $aLian$b Kwen Fee$f1950-$01667312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809125703321 996 $aThe politics of nation building and citzenship in Singapore$94190591 997 $aUNINA