Singapore perspectives 2014 differences /

• Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
• Other Authors: Mathews, Mathew., Gee, Christopher., Chiang, Wai Fong.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2015.
• Subjects: Cultural pluralism > Congresses. > Singapore; Singapore > Congresses. > Politics and government; Electronic books.
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Singapore's demographic diversity was the driving force for the country's founding leaders as they forged a nation. They sought to navigate the many differences in the country's ancestral, social and cultural affiliations even as they embarked on the urgent task of nation-building. A...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. From differences, unity. ch. 1. Managing "multi-" and regarding "regardless" / Kwok Kian Woon
• ch. 2. Divergence: The paradox of global convergence / Prakash Kannan, Koh Chau Sean, and Leslie Teo
• Section 2. Living with new differences. ch. 3. Living with new differences / Sim Ann
• ch. 4. Approaches to emergent group differences / David Chan
• Section 3. Debate. ch. 5. Consensus rather than contest will secure Singapore's future / Kishore Mahbubani and Chua Beng Huat
• Section 4. Dialogue with the Minister for Education, Heng Swee Keat. ch. 6. Dialogue with the Minister for Education, Heng Swee Keat
• Background paper. ch. 7. The state and implication of our differences: Insights from the IPS survey on race, religion and language / Mathew Mathews.