Singapore, Singapura: From Miracle to Complacency
¥2,500.00 JPY • Used
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago it unwillingly became an indep...
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A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago it unwillingly became an independent nation, after it was thrown out of the Malay Federation. It was tiny, poor, almost devoid of resources, and in a hostile neighborhood. Now , this unlikely country is at the top of almost every global national index , from high wealth and low crime to superb education and much-envied stabil ity. But have these achievements bred a dangerous sense of complacency amon g Singapore's people Nicholas Walton walked across the entire country in one day, to grasp what it was that made Singapore tick, and to understand the challenges that it n ow faces. Singapore, Singapura teases out the island's story, from mercanti list Raffles and British colonial rule, through the war years, to independe nce and the building of the current miracle. There are challenges ahead, from public complacency and the constraints of authoritarian democracy to changing geographic realities and the difficulties of balancing migration in such a tiny state. Singapore's second half-century will be just as exacting as the one since independence--as Walton warns, talk of a "Singapore model" for our hyper-globalized world must face these realities.
Product Info
ISBN: 1787384918
ISBN-13: 9781787384910
Publisher: Hurst
Year: 2021
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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