Whither the developmental state? Explaining Singapore's continued developmentalism

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1189-1203

  Pereira, Alexius A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CAPITALISM; CLASS; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 48149085306     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802201162     Document Type: Article

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