Education, Culture and the Singapore Developmental State

Chapter 1 Education and the Developmental State: The Importance of Culture

Chapter 2 Education, the Colonial State and the Crisis of Merdeka

Chapter 3 Crisis of National Survival: The Sudden Birth of a Republic and the Rise of the Developmental State

Chapter 4 The Crisis of “Deculturalization” and the Invention of “Asian Values”

Chapter 5 The Crises of Legitimacy and National Identity and the Intensification of Asian Values: From Religious Knowledge to “Shared Values”

Chapter 6 The Crisis of Historical Amnesia and the “National Education” Response

Chapter 7 The Crisis of National Security and Social Cohesion: National Education Institutionalized in Curriculum