The Political Economy of Social Control in SingaporeMacmillan, 1994 - 252 pagine "Singapore's rapid economic growth has attracted much admiration. But can this success be sufficiently explained by canny exploitation of a niche in the global free market? This book shows that there is a complex relationship between economic strategy, social control and political conflict in Singapore. It does this by looking at the regulatory functions of major state institutions." "Public housing increases state control and forces people into wage labour even while supplying a high standard of accommodation. Singaporeans are sorted, stratified and fragmented by the education system. Racism and patriarchal relations, seen in language, population planning and eugenics policies, are integral to education. Elections and parliament in Singapore are mechanisms for forcing submission, converting submission into consent and confining politics to parliamentary politics. The legal system functions to criminalise politics and politicise crime. The findings of all the chapters are drawn together to show how the system of social control has developed in phases in response to the changing nature of political resistance."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... ment was able to expand the network and use the centres as a channel of political communication . The merger proposals with Malaya , military conscription and many other government initiatives were conveyed to the public via this ...
... ment was able to expand the network and use the centres as a channel of political communication . The merger proposals with Malaya , military conscription and many other government initiatives were conveyed to the public via this ...
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... ment , one man one vote produces just the opposite .... [ In Asia this system ] has been superseded by systems which give power effectively to one man or group of men for an indefinite period . Government to be effective must at least ...
... ment , one man one vote produces just the opposite .... [ In Asia this system ] has been superseded by systems which give power effectively to one man or group of men for an indefinite period . Government to be effective must at least ...
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... ment in Mathematics and English must be a primary task of the Ministry of Education . If levels of achievement in these two subjects drop , we will suffer an overall decline in the educational performance of our children , which will ...
... ment in Mathematics and English must be a primary task of the Ministry of Education . If levels of achievement in these two subjects drop , we will suffer an overall decline in the educational performance of our children , which will ...
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Singapores Political Economy 339 | 30 |
The Workingclass Barracks | 45 |
Educating for Submission | 74 |
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