Relationship between state and civil society in Singapore: Clarifying the concepts, assessing the ground

Civil Society in Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 167-197

  Koh, Gillian ^a   Ling, Ooi Giok ^a,b  

^a Institute of Policy Studies   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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