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Author: Michael Haas Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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This text examines why Singapore's democratic practices have declined as its prosperity has increased. It explores both sides, for and against Singapore's government, and suggests reasons for the situation.
Author: Michael Haas Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
This text examines why Singapore's democratic practices have declined as its prosperity has increased. It explores both sides, for and against Singapore's government, and suggests reasons for the situation.
Author: Michael Haas Publisher: ISBN: 9780983962649 Category : Singapore Languages : en Pages : 268
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Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays by six distinguished authors with different ideas about how Singapore might become a full-fledged democracy and has stumbled over the years, exaggerating threats to the government. Book presents a comprehensive history of Singapore, emphasizing why Singapore is an economic success, but leaders took wrong turns that led away from democracy while rationalizating authoritarian rule by claiming that a small city-state was too vulnerable to leave key decisions to chance. An early chapter presents the case for Singapore-wherein the country has been an economic success. Later chapters analyze the following aspects of the political and social life of Singapore to explain how and why the leaders, especially Lee Kuan Yew, abandoned the original goal of a democratic government: Political history - from colonial times to the present, highlighting elections Political economy - the imperatives of a city-state account for the successful economic policies The press - change from a call for press freedom as a colony to press censorship as an independent state The judiciary - the abolition of juries and other ways to prevent judicial independence Foreign policy - vulnerable as a small state, Singapore usually relies on the United States as a protector In addition, the final chapter describes Singapore's mass society (the deliberately constructed gap between the people and the government) and assesses prospects for the future. Heavily footnoted, with a section of References and an Index. xiii + 252 pages. The book presents several unique observations: Data indisputably support Singapore as an economic success but only for foreign corporations. Singapore began as a welfare state in the early years of independence, entitlements were later cut, but now are being gradually reintroduced. Lee Kuan Yew holds the record for the amount of awards collected from successful libel lawsuits. During the 1990s, the government stressed "Asian Values" during conflicts with the United States, but now has dropped the idea. Prime Minister's Goh Chok Tong's desire for a "kindler, gentler" country ended when the son of Lee Kuan Yew was installed as his successor in 2004. Singapore's per capita income is higher than its former colonial power, Britain. Singapore Muslims must take military training but cannot be used in battle with the closest states. Trial by jury was abolished in Singapore in 1969. Judges are way of government leaders. The Singapore press is less free than the press in China. Department heads and judges are paid more than anywhere else in the world. Singapore scores 90 out of 100 on the Human Development Index, measuring quality of life. Torture is routinely used to provoke confessions, even when those charged may be innocent. American policy toward international terrorism has become Singaporeanized. Sijori is the growth triangle involving adjacent parts of Indonesia and Malaysia with Singapore. The Singapore government has created a mass society on the Soviet model. Due to careful planning, there are few traffic jams in highly urbanized Singapore. Singapore has one of the largest percentages of foreign workers in the world, annoying residents. Most Singapore's foreign investment abroad goes to their own firms, especially in China. Many Singaporeans would prefer to leave the country, and many do. Singapore's economic policy is a function of being a trade entrepot, not elitist decision making. Most contributors have been maligned by the Singapore government, but only one was tortured. Table of Contents Preface 1Introduction (Michael Haas) 2Political History (Michael Haas) 3The Case for Singapore (Clark D. Neher) 4Political Economy (Christopher Lingle & Kurt Wickman) 5The Press (Derek Davies) 6The Judiciary (Francis T. Seow) 7Foreign Policy (Richard A. Deck) 8Mass So
Author: Marion Hoffmann Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside ISBN: 9781554550401 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Anne Shirley, the freckle-faced, hot-tempered girl who arrived at Green Gables as an orphan, is almost 100 years old! Yet every year she wins the hearts of more and more fans around the world. This collection of puzzles is designed especially for the readers of L. M. Montgomery's wonderful book about Anne and her topsy-turvy life on Prince Edward Island. The 50 puzzles touch every part of Anne's life at Green Gables: the people who fill her world, the scrapes she gets into, the outlandish things she says. Included are crosswords, which range from easy to difficult. There are also word searches, with solutions that hold secret messages. Some puzzles-called match-ups-require matching names in the first column with statements in the second column. Others require simple decoding skills in order to come up with a famous Anne quotation from the book. This is a puzzle book packed full of brain-teasing challenges for all ages. Puzzles for a wide range of readers and puzzle solvers Crosswords, match-ups, word searches, and coded messages Art by award-winning illustrator Muriel Wood Includes solutions
Author: Rodolphe de Koninck Publisher: NUS Press ISBN: 9789971693978 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 112
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Since 1965, when it became a fully independent city-state, Singapore has been an effervescent laboratory of economic, social and environmental transformation and innovation. The government of the small island republlc, which currently covers about 720 sq km, has thoroughly transformed and extended the lands under its control to serve the needs and ambitions of its citizens. The systematic overhaul of the Singaporean environment reflects a deliberate policy of social transformation, a revolution controlled and monitored from above. While Singapore's achievements in the realm of economic and social development have been carefully observed, little has been said about the close connections between these accomplishments and territorial management. Based on an extended series of diachronic maps, this book illustrates the nature and depth of the territorial changes that have occurred since the early 1960s. The commentary that accompanies the maps shows how Singapore has used this ongoing territorial transformation to support its position in a globalized economy, and also as a tool of social and political management.
Author: Mahesh Sharma Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 100
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The is not just a good game for time pass, but also a great exercise for the brain. Cryptogram puzzles are a great educational tool to enhance and promote cooperative play. We like the way that challenges our thinking and exercises our minds. Puzzles are also an important educational learning tool for young children as they provide many skills and mental learning benefits and opportunities. Puzzles come in a whole range of themes and topics such as countries, capitals, currencies, alphabet letters, shapes, vegetables, numbers, pets, transport, colors, sports, trees, mountains, etc. It increases visual special awareness and develops a deeper understanding of these themes and topics. Completing a puzzle, even the simplest of puzzles sets a single goal to achieve. This process involves problem-solving, reasoning skills, and developing solutions that one can later be transferred into his personal life. Puzzles are a fun way for one to develop and refine your fine motor skills. When engaged in playing with puzzles, one is required to pick up, pinch and grasp pieces and move them around, manipulating them into slots, sorting them, and fitting them into the correct places. The accomplishment of achieving a goal brings so much satisfaction to a player. Overcoming the challenges involved in solving a puzzle gives you a sense of achievement and pride within. It provides a boost to your self-confidence and self-esteem as it prepares you for other challenges in future life.
Author: Julia Donaldson Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books ISBN: 1760551813 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle, the exciting adventures of a princess with a difference. Full of black-and-white illustrations by Lydia Monks, Princess Mirror-Belle is perfect for fans of this bestselling picture-book team who are beginning to read on their own. Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a very mischievous one at that. Join magically mischievous Mirror-Belle as she comes popping out of Ellen's mirror to sweep her into a variety of hilarious escapades - from battling with Dragon Pox to exploring a department store and helping out with the local pantomine. From celebrating birthdays to having fun at the fair and starting at a new school, there are always adventures to be had. You can always guarantee that wherever Mirror-Belle goes, trouble will follow. Beautifully illustrated by Lydia Monks - Princess Mirror-Belle is perfect for more confident readers.
Author: Virginia Pilegard Publisher: Pelican Publishing ISBN: 9781455613854 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 38
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A MAY/JUNE 2000 BOOKSENSE '76 SELECTIONACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTION"The use of foreshortening and a wide variety of camera angles makes each page a visual surprise. The emotions so clearly portrayed on each character's face echo those of the reader, who will finish this book with a broad smile."--Children's Literature "This handsome picture book will be useful for encouraging children to play around with geometry at home or in the classroom."--Booklist In China, a beautiful ceramic tile lies shattered on the ground, and the artist who dropped it is sentenced to the land's worst punishment. The fierce warlord will execute the artist unless some wise person can put the seven pieces back together. That person will then be invited to live in the castle. Both locals and strangers from far away wait their turns for a chance to solve the warlord's puzzle. After learning why these people are waiting to enter the castle, a peasant boy convinces his poor but wise father to join the line. This little boy starts them off on the first step to solving the puzzle--entering the contest.
Author: Tilak Abeysinghe Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134113587 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 202
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Singapore's phenomenal transformation from Third World to First World status has been of great interest to economists around the world yet there has been little quantitative research done on its economy and institutions. This innovative new research monograph fills the lacunae by presenting the Singapore economy through a macroeconometric model and laying the foundations for further research. Using formal econometric analysis and novel modelling techniques, Abeysinghe and Choy offer rare insights into how the Singapore economy works. Each of the major chapters discusses the implications of the empirical findings for current policy and an entire chapter has been devoted to macroeconomic policy simulations. This book is a unique introduction to the Singapore economy and would be of interest to econometric modellers and policy makers in Singapore as well as advanced undergraduates and graduate researchers interested in modelling small open economies.
Author: Terence Lee Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136978569 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 450
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This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts and conduct of Singaporeans. It establishes the conceptual links between government and the practice of cultural policy, arguing that contemporary cultural policy in Singapore has been designed to shape citizens into accepting and participating in the rationales of government. Outlining the historical development of cultural policy, including the recent expansion of cultural regulatory and administrative practices into the ‘creative industries’, Terence Lee analyzes the attempts by the Singaporean authorities to engage with civil society, the ways in which the media is used to market the PAP’s policies and leadership and the implications of the internet for the practice of governmental control. Overall, The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore offers an original approach towards the rethinking of the relationship between media, culture and politics in Singapore, demonstrating that the many contradictory discourses around Singapore only make sense once the politics and government of the media and culture are understood.
Author: Michael Haas
Author: Michael Haas
Author: Michael Haas
Author: Marion Hoffmann
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Author: Rodolphe de Koninck
Author: Mahesh Sharma
Author: Julia Donaldson
Author: Virginia Pilegard
Author: Tilak Abeysinghe
Author: Terence Lee