An uncertain future: Singapore's search for a new focal point of collective identity and its drive towards 'knowledge society'

Asian Journal of Social Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 785-818

  Hornidge, Anna Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

collective identity; insecurities; knowledge society; risk society; second modernity; social construction; uncertainties; vision

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; MODERNITY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77957743052     PISSN: 15684849     EISSN: 15685314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853110X522939     Document Type: Article

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