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  • Commentary on Singapore

    Volume 3: Culture, Identity and Society

    by Gillian Koh ...
    Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Alvin Tan, Kwa Chong Guan, Yang Razali Kassim, Kishore Mahbubani, Gerard Ee, and more!This volume comprises essays republished from various issues of the annual journal of the National University of Singapore Society called Commentary.The third in a series that provides bite-sized reviews of the history of Singapore's development in a range of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Commentary on Singapore

    Volume 2: Economy, Environment and Population

    by Gillian Koh ...
    Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Piyush Gupta, Laurence Liew, Lee Tzu Yang, Geh Min, and more!This volume comprises essays by Singapore thought-leaders republished from various issues of the annual journal of the National University of Singapore Society called Commentary.The chapters have been curated to provide historical review of Singapore's journey in economic, ecological ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Commentary on Singapore

    Volume 1: Foreign Policy, Governance and Leadership

    by Gillian Koh ...
    Thought-leaders contributing to this volume include Tommy Koh, Tan Tai Yong, Kishore Mahbubani, Bilahari Kausikan, Han Fook Kwang, and more!This volume comprises essays by Singapore thought-leaders republished from various issues of Commentary, the annual journal of the National University of Singapore Society.In the first section, chapters have been curated to provide historical context and ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Commentary on Singapore

    (In 3 Volumes)Volume 1: Foreign Policy, Governance and LeadershipVolume 2: Economy, Environment and PopulationVolume 3: Culture, Identity and Society

    by Gillian Koh ...
    These volumes comprise of essays by Singapore thought-leaders republished from various issues of the annual journal of the National University of Singapore Society called Commentary.Contents:Volume 1: Foreign Policy, Governance and Leadership:Foreign Policy:Singapore's Foreign Policy: Unique Features (Tommy Koh)50 Years of Singapore's Securitisation: Pros... ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Singapore Perspectives 2013: Governance

    by Gillian Koh ...
    Series series Singapore Perspectives
    This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on ‘governance’ or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors in Singapore and how it might evolve over the next decade. Its first section looks at how Singapore's ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore And The World

    This book aims to celebrate the many contributions of Professor Tommy Koh as a Singaporean diplomat, public intellectual and social changemaker.It is an account of the ideas and ideals of an extraordinary Singaporean public servant who was not only born with the talent and ability to traverse many areas of society, but one who, when given the opportunity, had the drive and ambition to make the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Singapore Perspectives 2017: What If?

    Series series Singapore Perspectives
    Singapore has experienced remarkable progression in the first 50 years of its independence. This volume comprises chapters written by thought leaders in Singapore where they re-examine Singapore's key governing institutions, systems, principles and values as they consider the country's next 50 years. Given the prospect of deep and possibly disruptive internal and external change, how might ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Social Capital in Singapore

    The Power of Network Diversity

    Series series Politics in Asia
    How can social cohesion be achieved in a meritocratic and multicultural global city-state?Meritocracy poses a paradox: On one hand, it integrates individuals through frameworks of equal treatment, equal justice and opportunity regardless of race, language or religion. On the other hand, individuals are then segregating through academic sorting, they are rewarded based on credentials and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Civil Society And The State In Singapore

    Set within the context of growing political pluralism and the increasing use of new communication technologies for social mobilisation, the Institute of Policy Studies organised a national conference on civil society in November 2013. This collection of the essays that were presented at or inspired by the conference provides nuanced analyses of the development of the sector in Singapore since the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Migration and Integration in Singapore

    Policies and Practice

    Series series Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia
    Between 2000 and 2010, Singapore witnessed a huge influx of foreign migrants. The proportion of permanent residents in the total population increased from 7% to 11%, while the share of non-resident foreigners has risen from 19% to 25%. This was as much the result of the spontaneous movement of labour to economic opportunities, as it was of active policy direction by the Singapore government. The ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Asian Godfathers

    Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

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    The author of How Asia Works follows the money. "Alarming . . . enlightening . . . Joe Studwell should be named chief myth buster for Asian business" ( Financial Times).Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are home to five hundred million people, yet their economies are dominated by only fifty families whose interests range from banking to real estate, shipping to sugar, gambling to lumber. At their peak, ... Read more

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