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  • Immigrant Integration in Contemporary Singapore

    Solutioning Amidst Challenges

    by Mathews Mathew, Melvin Tay ...
    Singapore's success as a global city is in no small part attributable to its stance on foreign labour and immigrants, illustrated by a largely welcoming but discerning immigration regime to fulfil vital socio-economic needs. However, this fairly liberal policy on immigration has been met with substantial disquiet over the last decade. Xenophobic tendencies have surfaced periodically and have been ... Read more

    $106.19 USD

  • Religion & Identity Politics: Global Trends And Local Realities

    by Mathews Mathew, Melvin Tay ...
    Discourse on fundamentalism has gained much attention in recent years, particularly in a post-9/11 context where extremist or terrorist threats are more prominent, perilous, and pervasive. This edited volume seeks to spotlight the perspectives of academics and practitioners vis-à-vis global trends in religious fundamentalism and right-wing extremism over the past decade. It presents a collection ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Singapore Ethnic Mosaic, The: Many Cultures, One People

    by Mathews Mathew ...
    Far from being a melting pot, multi-racial Singapore prides itself on the richness of its ethnic communities and cultures. This volume provides an updated account of the heterogeneity within each of the main communities — the Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian and Others. It also documents the ethnic cultures of these communities by discussing their histories, celebrations, cultural symbols, life ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Managing Diversity In Singapore: Policies And Prospects

    by Mathews Mathew, Wai Fong Chiang ...
    Singapore society is increasingly becoming diverse. During the first few decades of nation building, policies were designed to homogenise aspects of Singaporean society while enshrining principles to allow restricted amounts of diversity. Fast forward to the present, and fifty years after independence, the number of areas where diversity is profoundly apparent remains copious, and its ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Singapore Perspectives 2014: Differences

    by Mathews Mathew, Wai Fong Chiang, Christopher Gee ...
    Series series Singapore Perspectives
    Singapore's demographic diversity was the driving force for the country's founding leaders as they forged a nation. They sought to navigate the many differences in the country's ancestral, social and cultural affiliations even as they embarked on the urgent task of nation-building. A decade into the new century, many of the country's traditional understandings of differences are being challenged, ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Governing Global-City Singapore

    Legacies and Futures After Lee Kuan Yew

    by Kenneth Paul Tan ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future. Firstly, it discusses the question of political leadership, electoral dominance and legislative monopoly in Singapore’s one-party dominant system and the system’s durability. Secondly, it tracks developments ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Singapore

    Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015

    Edited by Jason Lim, Terence Lee ...
    On 9 August 2015, Singapore celebrated its 50th year of national independence, a milestone for the nation as it has overcome major economic, social, cultural and political challenges in a short period of time. Whilst this was a celebratory event to acknowledge the role of the People’s Action Party (PAP) government, it was also marked by national remembrance as founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • International Development

    A Global Perspective on Theory and Practice

    Edited by Paul Battersby, Ravi K Roy ...
    How can we lay the foundation for a more just and peaceful world? How can we prevent communications from fracturing and societies from tearing themselves apart? How should we prioritise economic, social and cultural demands for resources and opportunities?This book answers these questions, and presents a view of development ‘in practice’. Written by experts in the field, the book covers a range of ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Culture and Management in Asia

    Edited by Malcolm Warner ...
    Local culture has long been recognised as a critically important factor in shaping management styles in different Asian countries. This book provides a comprehensive overview of culture and management in major East and Southeast Asian economies. Each chapter provides a survey of the country's history, culture and economy, going on to examine management in the country, together with management ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • What Anthropologists Do

    by Veronica Strang ...
    What is Anthropology? Why should you study it? What will you learn? And what can you do with it? What Anthropologists Do answers all these questions. And more.Anthropology is an astonishingly diverse and engaged subject that seeks to understand human social behaviour. What Anthropologists Do presents a lively introduction to the ways in which anthropology's unique research methods and cutting-edge ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Higher Education in the Asian Century

    The European legacy and the future of Transnational Education in the ASEAN region

    Edited by Christopher Hill, Rozilini M. Fernandez-Chung ...
    Series series Asia-Europe Education Dialogue
    There is increasing interest in the Asian arena; both as a home for the delivery of international higher education and as a breeding ground for a new brand of sustainable domestic and international growth. Academics are increasingly turning to Asia and Asian Education in order to better understand and predict the emerging trends of global education and this book will serve to provide a forum for ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Lee Kuan Yew School Of Public Policy: Building A Global Policy School In Asia

    by Kishore Mahbubani, Stavros N Yiannouka, Astrid S Tuminez, Scott A Fritzen, Kenneth Paul Tan ...
    In an industry of higher education that measures the longevity of its leading institutions in decades and centuries, the establishment and rapid growth of the eight-year-old Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), National University of Singapore, is a remarkable story that deserves to be told. The five co-authors, all of whom were involved in guiding the School during its formative ... Read more

    $14.29 USD