The Political Economy of Singapore's Industrialization: National State and International Capital

by Garry Rodan

Overview

A 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333470794
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/15/1989
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1989
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Tables - Prefatory Notes - Preface - Theoretical Introduction - Pre-Industrial Singapore: General Structural Developments until 1959 - The Political Pre-Conditions - Export-Oriented Manufacturing - Second Industrial Revolution - Singapore's Ongoing Future as a NIC - Conclusions: Singapore and NIDL - Endnotes - Bibliography - Index