Social Cultural Engineering and the Singaporean State

• Main Author: Kuah, Khun Eng (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Culture.; Ethnology.; Economic development.; Social change.; Public policy.; Sociology of Culture.; Cultural Anthropology.; Development and Social Change.; Public Policy.

This book, a collection of previously published articles, focuses on the role of the Singaporean State in social cultural engineering. It deals with the relationship between the Singaporean state and local agencies and how the latter negotiated with the state to establish an acceptable framework for...