Social Engineering in Singapore - Social Policy, State Making and the Quest for Economic Success

This book demonstrates how social policy in Singapore has in fact been a key part of a larger overall project in state building and economic growth undertaken by Singapore's ruling People's Action Party.

List of contents

1. Introduction  2. Methodology  3. The Instrumental Rationality of Social Policies: The Theoretical Framework  4. Colonial and Geopolitical Factors in the Development of Singapore's Political Economy  5. The Evolution and Maintenance of Singapore's Poltical Economy Since Independence  6. The Role of the PAP's Social and Political Ideology in the Social Policy Framework  7. The Function of State Social Policies in the Political Economy: Labour, Housing and Education  8. The Function of State Social Policies in the Political Economy: Public Healthcare, Social Security and Demographic Manipulation  9. The Political Economy of State Social Policies in Singapore  10. Conclusion

Summary

This book demonstrates how social policy in Singapore has in fact been a key part of a larger overall project in state building and economic growth undertaken by Singapore's ruling People's Action Party.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Wijeysingha, Vincent (University of Sheffield Wijeysingha, Wijeysingha Vincent
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780415338752
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33875-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Interdisciplinary studies