Civil society in Southeast Asia: Cases of Singapore and Malaysia

Development in Southeast Asia: Review and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 17-36

  Sing, Ming ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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