Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics
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規格介紹:出版日期：20070101
作者：Kenneth Paul Tan
頁數：288
開數：229mm x 153mm
ISBN：9789971693770
出版社：Singapore Univ Pr
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In this collection, public intellectuals and civil society activists discuss Singapore's public rhetoric about liberalization and its association with the development of a creative economy, focusing on questions surrounding conservatism, national identity and values, civil society activism, and the societal role of the younger generation. Moved by Singapore's Renaissance City Report, released in 2000 amidst an uneasy mix of millennial celebration and pessimism arising from a prolonged economic downturn, the authors engage with the public rhetoric of Singapore's transformation into a forward-looking, critical, unconventional, open, diverse, participatory, and inclusive society.
▍編者簡介：
Kenneth Paul TAN is Vice Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
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