TY - BOOK ID - 77945133 TI - Singapore perspectives. PY - 2014 SN - 9814520756 9789814520751 9814520748 9789814520744 9789814520744 PB - Singapore Hackensack, New Jersey DB - UniCat KW - Nationalism KW - Consciousness, National KW - Identity, National KW - National consciousness KW - National identity KW - International relations KW - Patriotism KW - Political science KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Internationalism KW - Political messianism KW - Singapore KW - Economic conditions. KW - Politics and government. KW - Social conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77945133 AB - This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on 'governance' or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors in Singapore and how it might evolve over the next decade. Its first section looks at how Singapore's political history has shaped today's political institutions and culture and why these might change. Three scenarios of Singapore's political future are proffered. The authors argue how there are and m ER -