Singapore

Barbara Leitch Lepoer, ed. Singapore: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989.

Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction

History
Precolonial Era

Founding and Early Years
A Flourishing Free Port
Crown Colony
Between the World Wars
World War II
Aftermath of War
Road to Independence
Two Decades of Independence

The Society and Its Environment
Geography
Population
Ethnic Categories
The Chinese
The Malays
The Indians
Singaporean Identity
Language
Ethnicity and Associations
Social Stratification and Mobility
Family, Marriage, and Divorce
Religion
Health and Welfare
Education

The Economy
PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC ROLES OF THE GOVERNMENT
Budgeting and Planning

Economic Boards
Land Management and Development
Forced Savings and Capital Formation
State-Owned Enterprises
LABOR
INDUSTRY
TRADE
Tourism
FINANCE
AGRICULTURE

Government
Form of Government
Constitutional Framework
Major Governmental Bodies
The Public Service
The Public Bureaucracy
Statutory Boards
Public Enterprises
Parapolitical Institutions
Political Parties
Political Dynamics
KEY POLITICAL ISSUES
Succession

Relations Between State and Society
Political Opposition
FOREIGN POLICY
Governing Precepts and Goals

Regional
The United States
China
The Soviet Union
THE MEDIA

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