Singapore: The Improbable Nation

The Book

Singapore: The Improbable Nation

A Thematic History of Governance and Nation-Building

Part 1

Singapore: The Improbable Nation — A Thematic History of Governance and Nation-Building

01INTRODUCTION: The Paradox of Singapore→02CHAPTER 1: The Founding Coalition (1954-1959)→03CHAPTER 2: Merger, Separation, and Survival (1959-1971)→04CHAPTER 3: The Architects→

Part 2

PART II: THE ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE

01CHAPTER 4: "Building an Economy from Nothing"→02CHAPTER 5: "Housing a Nation"→03CHAPTER 6: "The Institutional Machinery"→

Part 3

PART III: SOCIETY AND IDENTITY

01CHAPTER 7: "Multiracialism — The Grand Bargain"→02CHAPTER 8: "Education and Meritocracy — The Sorting Machine"→03CHAPTER 9: "The Social Contract — Healthcare, Welfare, and the Governed Life"→

Part 4

PART IV: SINGAPORE IN THE WORLD

01CHAPTER 10: "Small State, Big Diplomacy"→02CHAPTER 11: "The Neighbourhood"→03CHAPTER 12: "Between Giants"→04CHAPTER 13: "The Price of Order"→05CHAPTER 14: "Succession — From Goh Chok Tong to Lawrence Wong"→06CHAPTER 15: "What Is the Singapore Model?"→07EPILOGUE: "Singapore at Sixty—A Balance Sheet"→08Companion Reading in the Corpus→

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