Constructing Singapore : elitism, ethnicity and the nation-building project /

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Barr, Michael D.
Другие авторы: Skrbiš, Zlatko
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Copenhagen : NIAS, 2008.
Серии:Democracy in Asia ; no. 11.
Online-ссылка:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=388343
Оглавление:
  • 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.