Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos

Singapore's national conversations have focused as much attention to issues of the Singaporean identity, national values, rootedness and the sense of belonging, as they have to bread-and-butter issues of economic growth, jobs and housing. This ground-up interest in the national narrative m ay...

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Main Author: Kuah, Adrian W. J
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-969522020-11-01T06:54:25Z Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos Kuah, Adrian W. J S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Singapore's national conversations have focused as much attention to issues of the Singaporean identity, national values, rootedness and the sense of belonging, as they have to bread-and-butter issues of economic growth, jobs and housing. This ground-up interest in the national narrative m ay be a reaction to Singapore's drive to be a global, networked and open city that points to an emerging tension with its nation-building enterprise. 2013-07-16T02:58:13Z 2019-12-06T19:37:07Z 2013-07-16T02:58:13Z 2019-12-06T19:37:07Z 2012 2012 Commentary Kuah, A. W. J. (2012). Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 196). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96952 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11512 en RSIS commentaries, 196-12 2 p. application/pdf
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Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
description Singapore's national conversations have focused as much attention to issues of the Singaporean identity, national values, rootedness and the sense of belonging, as they have to bread-and-butter issues of economic growth, jobs and housing. This ground-up interest in the national narrative m ay be a reaction to Singapore's drive to be a global, networked and open city that points to an emerging tension with its nation-building enterprise.
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title Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
title_short Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
title_full Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
title_fullStr Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
title_full_unstemmed Defining Singapore : reconciling the national narrative and global city ehtos
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