The Political Economy of Singapore's Industrialization: National State and International CapitalA study which challenges the dominant understanding of Singapore as a case where "correct" policies have made rapid industrialization possible and which raises questions about the possibility and appropriateness of its emulation. |
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Theoretical Introduction | 1 |
General Structural | 31 |
The Political PreConditions | 50 |
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Asia attraction authoritarian bourgeoisie British cent Chinese companies comparative advantage competitiveness contribution corporatism Department of Statistics dependency theory dependent developing countries domestic dominance Economic Development Board economic growth economic strategy election electoral electronics employers EOI strategy expansion export favour Federation FEER Finance firms Fong foreign investment Goh Chok Tong Goh Keng Swee government's higher value-added production Hong Kong Ibid ideological important increased industrialisation international capital intervention investors Japanese Jurong Town Corporation labour movement labour-intensive leaders leadership Lee Kuan Yew Lee's Lim Chin Siong locally-based Malay Malaya manufacturing sector merger million neo-classical NICs NIDL NTUC opposition PAP's Party of Singapore People's Action Party period petroleum political problems programme promote restructuring role Second Industrial Revolution significant Singapore economy Singapore Government social Southeast Asian state's Straits structure Third World trade unions University Press wage policy workers