00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862019866 Buklod 20160316182713.0 g||| | || || ta 160316s2008 xx a rb |||1 u|eng d 9788776940294 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00020075284 DLC BAG rda eng HN 700.67 Z9 B37 2008 Barr, Michael D. author. Constructing Singapore elitism, ethnicity and the nation-building project Michael D. Barr and Zlatko Skrbis. Copenhagen, Denmark NIAS 2008. xiii, 304 pages ilustrations 23 cm Democracy in Asia series no. 11 Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-296) and index. Introduction: island, colony, city, nation -- The Singapore story: constructing a national myth -- Constructing the nation: elitism and ethnicity -- The culture of elite governance -- Incomplete assimilation: from civic nationalism to ethno-nationalism -- Building the 'new' Singaporean and new elite -- Catching them young: afraid to fail in kindergarten -- Grades, kiasuism and race: primary school and beyond -- Sorting the 'scholars' from the 'commoners': secondary school and junior college -- Winners and losers: gender, race and class in elite selection -- Making a Mandarin: inside the administrative elite -- Conclusion: a tentative assessment of Singapore's nation-building project. Elite (Social sciences) Singapore. Discrimination Singapore. Nation-building Singapore. Singapore Social conditions. Singapore Politics and government. Skrbi, Zlatko author. Democracy in Asia no. 11. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HN 700.67 Z9 B37 2008 Book