Perpetual revisionism in Singapore: The limits of change

Pacific Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-97

  Barr, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Ideology; Race; Singapore government; Social security

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; REFORM PROCESS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037225289     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274032000043253     Document Type: Article

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