
Paths not Taken
Political Pluralism in Post-war Singapore
NUS Press
Published on 30. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-9971-69-378-7 (ISBN)
Description
Singapore's era of pluralism between the 1950s and 1970s was a time of extraordinary cultural, intellectual and political dynamism. Students, labour unions, ambitious political contenders, and representatives of the various ethnic communities all stepped forward to offer alternate visions of Singapore's future from across the entire political spectrum. They generated a ferment of ideologies, priorities, perspectives and social visions such as mainstream 'official' Singapore politics had never known before and has not seen since.Post WWII Singapore history generally follows a central theme of progress to establish the PAP political, economic and social model. Alternatives receive cursory treatment as problems, false starts, or difficulties to be overcome. This book reveals a more complex situation that involved a much larger cast of significant players, and gives due weight to the middle years of the twentieth century as a period that offered real alternatives, rather than a chaotic age before the dawn.The book will remind older Singaporeans of pages from their past, and will provide a younger generation with a novel perspective at their country's past struggles. For outside observers, it offers a fascinating glimpse of a side of Singapore that has received relatively little attention.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-9971-69-378-7 (9789971693787)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Michael Barr is a Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Carl A. Trocki is Professor of Asian Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.