The Neoliberal-Developmental State: Singapore as Case Study

Critical Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-264

  Liow, Eugene Dili ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84857742746     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920511419900     Document Type: Article

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