Embodying society's best: Hegel and the Singapore state

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-304

  Chong, Terence ^a  

^a National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Civil society; Gramsci; Hegel; People's Action Party; Politics; Singapore; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746835687     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330680000181     Document Type: Article

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