Conflict and Change at the Margins: Emergency Kampong Clearance and the Making of Modern Singapore

The aim was not, as frequently avowed, merely to raise the people's living standards, but to mould the semi-autonomous residents into model citizens of the high modernist nation-state. Since the early 1970s, sociologists, political scientists and geographers have done good work in exploring the...

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Published in:	Asian studies review Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 139 - 159
Main Author:	Seng, Loh Kah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nathan Routledge 01-06-2009 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	1950s-1960s Affordable housing Asians Attitudes Change Chinese Colonialism Conflict Demolition Economic expansion Field study Fires Great Britain: History Housing Low income earners Migrants Modernisation Patrol cars People's Action Party Political parties Politics Public housing Singapore Singapore Improvement Trust Social change Society Southeast Asia: History Southeast Asia: Politics and government
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Summary:	The aim was not, as frequently avowed, merely to raise the people's living standards, but to mould the semi-autonomous residents into model citizens of the high modernist nation-state. Since the early 1970s, sociologists, political scientists and geographers have done good work in exploring the link between public housing and the political and economic development of Singapore (Gamer, 1972; Buchanan, 1972; Castells, Goh and Kwok, 1990; Tremewan, 1994; Chua, 1997; 2000).
Bibliography:	Asian Studies Review, v.33, no.2, June 2009: (139)-159 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1035-7823 1467-8403
DOI:	10.1080/10357820902923258