The Asian Modern : Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore / / C.J.W.-L. Wee |
Autore | Wee C. J. Wan-ling |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hong Kong [China] : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.23095957 |
Soggetto topico |
Mass media - Social aspects - Singapore
Capitalism - Singapore |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
988-220-750-2
1-282-70942-9 9786612709425 988-8052-83-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Chua Beng Huat -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The Asian modern --- pt. 1. Deterritorialisation -- ch. 2. The "modern" construction of postcolonial Singapore -- ch. 3. Economic development and the national narrative -- ch. 4. The homogenised urban environment and locality -- pt. 2. Reterritorialisation -- ch. 5. The state, ethnic identity and capitalism -- ch. 6. Staging cultural fragments, the Singaporean eunuch and the Asian Lear -- Epilogue : disciplinary modernisation, the Asian economic crisis and re-invention -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456507503321 |
Wee C. J. Wan-ling | ||
Hong Kong [China] : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Asian Modern : Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore / / C.J.W.-L. Wee |
Autore | Wee C. J. Wan-ling |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hong Kong [China] : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.23095957 |
Soggetto topico |
Mass media - Social aspects - Singapore
Capitalism - Singapore |
ISBN |
988-220-750-2
1-282-70942-9 9786612709425 988-8052-83-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Chua Beng Huat -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The Asian modern --- pt. 1. Deterritorialisation -- ch. 2. The "modern" construction of postcolonial Singapore -- ch. 3. Economic development and the national narrative -- ch. 4. The homogenised urban environment and locality -- pt. 2. Reterritorialisation -- ch. 5. The state, ethnic identity and capitalism -- ch. 6. Staging cultural fragments, the Singaporean eunuch and the Asian Lear -- Epilogue : disciplinary modernisation, the Asian economic crisis and re-invention -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780961503321 |
Wee C. J. Wan-ling | ||
Hong Kong [China] : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Class Inequality in the Global City : Migrants, Workers and Cosmopolitanism in Singapore / / by J. Ye |
Autore | Ye J |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VII, 193 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5095957 |
Collana | Global Diversities |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Ethnology—Asia Sociology Industrial sociology Social structure Equality Emigration and immigration Development Studies Asian Culture Sociology, general Sociology of Work Social Structure, Social Inequality Migration |
ISBN | 1-137-43615-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253307903321 |
Ye J | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Consumption, cities, and states : comparing Singapore with Asian and western cities / / Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Brooks Ann <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 339.4/7 |
Collana | Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Singapore
Citizenship - Asia Citizenship - Western countries |
ISBN | 1-78308-237-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Consumption, Cities and States; Title; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ranking Cities; States and Cities; Dimensions of Consumption: Reflexivity, Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship; Organization of the Book; Chapter 1 CONSUMPTION, REFLEXIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN GLOBAL CITIES; Introduction; Negotiating Reflexivity in Late Modernity; Cosmopolitanism as Elite Individual Subjectivity; Citizenship as an Ethical Regime; Regulating the Consumer; Conclusion; Chapter 2 ORDERS OF REFLEXIVITY; Introduction; Debating Reflexivity and Agency
Bohman and the Transformative Potential of Critical Reflexivity Multiple Markets, Ambivalence and Reflexivity; On Institutional Reflexivity; Reflexivity, the 'Ranked List' and Enterprise Culture; The Ranked List; Conclusion; Chapter 3 RESCALING FOR COMPETITIVENESS; Introduction; Globalization and Global Cities; Singapore: A Brief History; Concomitants of Rescaling: Time and Space; Global Cities: Aspirations and Concerns; Conclusion; Chapter 4 THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY NEGOTIATIONS; Introduction; The State in Singapore and the Institutionalization of Reflexivity; From Feedback to REACH Conversations about Singapore The Singaporean Diaspora; Conclusion; Chapter 5 (DE-)REGULATING ASIAN IDENTITIES: COMPARING ASIAN CITIES AND STATES; Introduction; Deregulation of Identity: The Enigma of Singapore; Malaysia: The Bumiputra Policy and Islam; Hong Kong: Competing with Mainlanders; Conclusion; Chapter 6 CITIZENSHIP, REFLEXIVITY AND THE STATE: INVESTIGATING 'DEFENSIVE ENGAGEMENT' IN A CITY-STATE; Introduction; Citizenship, Reflexivity and the State; Citizenship and Defensive Engagement in Singapore; Mobilization of Citizenship as Defensive Engagement Citizenship and the Politics of Inclusion in the USA Reflexivity and Defensive Engagement; Conclusion; Chapter 7 GOVERNING THE CITIZEN-CONSUMER: CITIZENSHIP, CASINOS AND 'CATHEDRALS OF CONSUMPTION'; Introduction; Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities and Consumption; Political Consumerism, Reflexivity and Citizenship; Legalizing Casinos in Singapore; Casinos and 'Integrated Resorts': Zones within Zones; Differentiating Consumers; Casinos and Consumption: A Brief History; 'Cathedrals of Consumption'; Casino Resorts: Aspirational Category or Addiction?; A Cosmopolitan City or Asian Nation-State? Abstention as a Dimension of Political Consumerism Conclusion; Chapter 8 REGULATING CONSUMPTION AND THE 'PINK DOLLAR'; Introduction; Asian Values, Conservatism and Gay Activism in Asia; The Risk Society and the Politics of Consumption; Testing the Boundaries of Discreet Consumption; Gay Culture and City Life; Singapore, San Francisco and Stockholm; Chapter 9 STATES AS 'MIDWIVES' TO CITIES: COSMOPOLITANISM, CITIZENSHIP AND CONSUMPTION IN THE MODERN STATE; Introduction; Distinguishing between Realistic and Unrealistic Utopias Managing Same-Sex Relations in Singapore, Sydney, Stockholm and San Francisco |
Altri titoli varianti | Consumption, Cities & States |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464278703321 |
Brooks Ann <1952-> | ||
London : , : Anthem Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economics of modernization [[electronic resource] /] / Goh Keng Swee |
Autore | Goh Keng Swee <1918-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Collana | Economics & policy studies The economics of modernization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 981-4382-70-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462839503321 |
Goh Keng Swee <1918-> | ||
Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economics of modernization [[electronic resource] /] / Goh Keng Swee |
Autore | Goh Keng Swee <1918-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Collana | Economics & policy studies The economics of modernization |
ISBN | 981-4382-70-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786844903321 |
Goh Keng Swee <1918-> | ||
Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economics of modernization [[electronic resource] /] / Goh Keng Swee |
Autore | Goh Keng Swee <1918-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Collana | Economics & policy studies The economics of modernization |
ISBN | 981-4382-70-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815330003321 |
Goh Keng Swee <1918-> | ||
Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Floating on a Malayan breeze [[electronic resource] ] : travels in Malaysia and Singapore / / Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh |
Autore | Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : NUS Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.95 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
988-8180-18-5
1-283-87009-6 988-220-884-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forgotten histories -- 2. Two countries separated at birth -- 3. The end of dominance : part I -- 4. The end of dominance : part II -- 5. Not civil enough - 6. Alibaba and the thieves -- 7. Some are more equal than others -- 8. Colour matters -- 9. The influx of God and migrants -- 10. The joy of families and security -- 11. The stress of work and city life -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462871103321 |
Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas | ||
Singapore, : NUS Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Floating on a Malayan breeze [[electronic resource] ] : travels in Malaysia and Singapore / / Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh |
Autore | Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : NUS Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.95 |
ISBN |
988-8180-18-5
1-283-87009-6 988-220-884-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forgotten histories -- 2. Two countries separated at birth -- 3. The end of dominance : part I -- 4. The end of dominance : part II -- 5. Not civil enough - 6. Alibaba and the thieves -- 7. Some are more equal than others -- 8. Colour matters -- 9. The influx of God and migrants -- 10. The joy of families and security -- 11. The stress of work and city life -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786311203321 |
Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas | ||
Singapore, : NUS Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Floating on a Malayan breeze [[electronic resource] ] : travels in Malaysia and Singapore / / Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh |
Autore | Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : NUS Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.95 |
ISBN |
988-8180-18-5
1-283-87009-6 988-220-884-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forgotten histories -- 2. Two countries separated at birth -- 3. The end of dominance : part I -- 4. The end of dominance : part II -- 5. Not civil enough - 6. Alibaba and the thieves -- 7. Some are more equal than others -- 8. Colour matters -- 9. The influx of God and migrants -- 10. The joy of families and security -- 11. The stress of work and city life -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808786203321 |
Vadaketh Sudhir Thomas | ||
Singapore, : NUS Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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