Singapore in the Malay world [ building and breaching regional bridges

Reflecting on Singapore's policy of meritocratic multiracialism and the communalist state of Malay, this book examines the way by which these policies, coupled with historical animosities, competitive economic tensions and janus-faced foreign economic policy orientation have contributed to Sing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahim, Lily Zubaidah , 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London;New York : Routledge c2009
Series:Asia's transformations
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Singapura : Siapa nama kamu? Di-mana awak tinggal?
  • 2. Remembering and forgetting : nusantara Malays in the Singaporean national imagination
  • 3. Competing and comparable paradigms of authoritarian nation-building
  • 4. The frightened country and the geopolitics of insecurity
  • 5. The politics of economic competition and cooperation
  • 6. The Singa and Garuda : from kiasu to soft power diplomacy?