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“kanwaljit soin”

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  • Why Not?

    Thinking About Singapore's Tomorrow

    by Margaret Thomas, Kanwaljit Soin ...
    What is the society you want to see take shape in Singapore in the years ahead? How can we ensure it will be a society where there is gender equality, where every person can live the life they want? A diverse group of writers — women and men, teenagers and octogenarians, artists. academics, caregivers, journalists, doctors, lawyers, and many others — offer their thoughts about these questions and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Our Lives To Live: Putting A Woman's Face To Change In Singapore

    by Kanwaljit Soin, Margaret Thomas ...
    Series series World Scientific Series On Singapore's 50 Years Of Nation-building
    Our Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choices, and voices in Singapore have changed in the last 50 years; how women, from all sectors of society, have helped to shape the Singapore we know today. The 31 chapters, some with a more academic slant, others with a distinctly personal tone, reflect the rich diversity and depth of women ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Silver Shades Of Grey: Memos For Successful Ageing In The 21st Century

    by Kanwaljit Soin ...
    Are you a young person? Middle-aged? Old? It doesn't really matter. Each of us grows older every second. Most of us age without taking charge of our life course, without a plan for our ageing. Each dip into these short chapters offers some operating instructions for life, a guide to engaging passionately with age.Dealing with a plethora of subjects, such as health, happiness, loneliness, dementia, ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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    The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) laid the foundations for the creation of a first-world education system in Singapore. Like many other issues concerning the country, his ideas for education were transported in a red box, which he took with him wherever he went, even up to his last days. Inside it was always something designed to help create a better life for all Singaporeans.The editors of ... Read more

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  • Learning from Singapore

    The Power of Paradoxes

    by Pak Tee Ng ...
    Series series Routledge Leading Change Series
    Learning from Singapore tells the inside story of the country’s journey in transforming its education system from a struggling one to one that is hailed internationally as effective and successful. It is a story not of the glory of international test results, but of the hard work and tenacity of a few generations of policy makers, practitioners and teacher trainers. Despite its success, Singapore ... Read more

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  • Unintended Consequences In Singapore

    by David Chan ...
    When policymakers, communities or advocates make decisions and take actions, they do so with the purpose of achieving some desired goal. But sometimes, unintended consequences occur. These are outcomes that are not the ones intended by the purposeful decision or action.Unintended consequences can be positive or negative, although the discussions often focus on the unexpected adverse impact that ... Read more

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  • This Is What Inequality Looks Like

    by Teo You Yenn ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis New Edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the author, and a Foreword by Kwok Kian Woon, Professor of Sociology at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try?The way we frame our questions ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • George Yeo On Bonsai, Banyan And The Tao

    by Asad-ul Iqbal Latif, Huay Leng Lee ...
    Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of government. Many remember the things which he said or wrote years ago. This book is a compilation of some of his best speeches and writings which were selected by Asad Latif and Lee Huay Leng in consultation with him.The book has a rather unusual title because there are many aspects to George Yeo which ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • Sociology For Dummies, UK Edition

    by Nasar Meer, Jay Gabler ...
    Sociology For Dummies helps you understand the complex field of sociology, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course. Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time.Sociology For Dummies, UK Edition:Provides a general overview of what sociology is as ... Read more

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  • The Leader, The Teacher & You: Leadership Through The Third Generation

    by Siong Guan Lim, Joanne H Lim ...
    Former Head of the Singapore Civil Service Mr Lim Siong Guan now shares his diverse experiences and fresh insights on leadership in his exclusive new book, The Leader, The Teacher & You. As a former Permanent Secretary in ministries, including the Ministry of Defence, the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Finance, and former chairman of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and the ... Read more

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  • Ageing

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    by Nancy A. Pachana ...
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