Singapore: Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control (Asia's Transformations)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 959.5705 EAN: 9780415263863 ISBN: 0415263867 Label: Routledge Manufacturer: Routledge Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 211 Publication Date: 2006-03-06 Publisher: Routledge Studio: Routledge
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Editorial Reviews: This book examines Singapore's culture of control, exploring the city-states colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape. Taking a comparative approach, Trocki demonstrates the links between Singapore's colonial past and independent present, focusing on the development of indigenous social and political movements. In particular, the book examines the efforts of Lee Yew Kuan, leader of the Peoples Action Party from 1959 until 1990, to produce major economic and social transformation. Trocki discusses how Singapore became a workers paradise, but what the city gained in material advancement it paid for in intellectual and cultural sterility. Based on the latest research, the book addresses the question of control in one of the most prosperous and dynamic economies in the world, providing a compelling history of post-colonial Singapore.