The political economy of social control in Singapore
Examines the development of Singapore's complex system of social regulation in relation to the phases of its economic strategy and political transition. This book focuses on the way social control works through public housing and welfare, education, parliamentary politics and law.
1 online resource.
9780333657287, 9780333588239, 9780312121389, 9780312158651, 0333657284, 0333588231, 0312121385, 0312158653
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List of Tables - Foreword; Peter Carey - Preface to the 1995 Reprint -Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Historical Origins - Singapore's Political Economy - Public Housing: The Working-class Barracks - Educating for Submission - The New Education System -Parliament, Elections and Parties - The Law, Coercion and Terror - Conclusion - References - Index
1994 edition with 1996 reprinted new preface
"In association with St Antony's College, Oxford."
Presented as the author's thesis