Constructing Singapore : elitism, ethnicity and the nation-building project /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
| Publicat: |
Copenhagen :
NIAS,
2008.
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| Col·lecció: | Democracy in Asia ;
no. 11. |
| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=388343 |
Taula de continguts:
- Introduction: island, colony, city, nation
- The Singapore story: constructing a national myth
- Constructing the nation: elitism and ethnicity
- The culture of elite governance
- Incomplete assimilation: from civic nationalism to ethno-nationalism
- Building the 'new' Singaporean and new elite
- Catching them young: afraid to fail in kindergarten
- Grades, kiasuism and race: primary school and beyond
- Sorting the 'scholars' from the 'commoners': secondary school and junior college
- Winners and losers: gender, race and class in elite selection
- Making a Mandarin: inside the administrative elite
- Conclusion: a tentative assessment of Singapore's nation-building project.