TY - BOOK ID - 85645992 TI - Responding to Globalization : Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore PY - 2007 SN - 9812304207 9812307176 9812304215 PB - Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, DB - UniCat KW - Globalization KW - Social values KW - Values KW - National characteristics, Singaporean. KW - National characteristics, Singapore KW - Singaporean national characteristics KW - Axiology KW - Worth KW - Aesthetics KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Metaphysics KW - Psychology KW - Ethics KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Singapore KW - Ciṅkappūr KW - Colony of Singapore KW - Garden City KW - Hsin-chia-pʻo KW - Lion City KW - Red Dot KW - Republic of Singapore KW - Republik Singapura KW - Singapore City (Singapore) KW - Singapore Colony KW - Singapore (Singapore) KW - Singapour KW - Singapur KW - Singapura KW - Singkhapō KW - Tumasik (Singapore) KW - Xinjiapo KW - Xinjiapo gong he guo KW - Xinjiapo Gongheguo KW - 新加坡 KW - 新加坡共和国 KW - Syonan-to KW - Cultural policy. KW - Politics and government. KW - Singapoer KW - سنغافورة KW - Sanghāfūrah KW - Singhāfūrah KW - Sinqapur KW - Sin-ka-pho KW - Сінгапур KW - Sinhapur KW - Сингапур KW - Singgapura KW - Σιγκαπούρη KW - Sinkapoyrē KW - Singapuro KW - Singapul KW - Sinngapuur KW - Singeapór KW - 싱가포르 KW - Singgap'orŭ KW - Singafora KW - Sinapoa KW - סינגפור KW - Singapuri KW - Sengapou KW - Singapūras KW - Singapūro Respublika KW - Scingapô KW - Szingapúr KW - Singaporo KW - Hingapoa KW - シンガポール KW - Shingapōru UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85645992 AB - Despite unprecedented levels of global interconnectedness, little academic attention has been paid to how governments actively deal with the challenges globalization poses for national identity. This book investigates the Singapore Government's approach to the construction of national identity and the shifting ways in which Singapore has been imagined in official discourses. The hallmarks of Singapore's nation-building project have been the state's efforts to manage ethnic differences and ensure the economic well-being of its citizenry. Unlike other global cities which are embedded in a larger nation-state, Singapore is both a global city and a nation-state. Singapore embodies a curious contradiction: while global cities are often theorized as transient spaces, contradictorily, the nation-state needs to be bounded in order to remain viable. This book focuses on the global/national nexus: the tensions between the necessity to embrace the global to ensure economic survival, yet needing a committed population to support the perpetuation of the nation-state and its economic success. It critically explores how the government has been responding to the challenges of globalization through policy initiatives and official rhetoric to create a "space" for affective identification with the Singaporean nation-state and how Singaporeans relate to and articulate their sense of identity and belonging to Singapore within the context of globalization. ER -