Asian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern Perspective |
William S.W. Lim ISBN: 981256313X With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are littered everywhere. A vacuum of implementable urban theories has occurred at the time when unprecedented expansion and restructuring of cities...(read more) |
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Business Journey to the East: An East-West Perspective of Global-is-Asian |
Chow Hou Wee, Fred Combe ISBN: 0071278028 With the rapid shift in global economic power, many Western companies are jumping onto the bandwagon towards Asia, lured by the rich returns that the region can potentially provide. However, many are ill prepared for the cultural challenges, many are...(read more) |
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From Third World to First |
Lee Kuan Yew ISBN: 0060197765 The story of Singapore's amazing transformation told by it's charismatic and controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew is one of the most influential leaders in Asia. In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his...(read more) |
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Industrial Development in Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea |
Kwong Kai-Sun ISBN: 9810246277 Economic analysis of the industrial experiences of the newly industrialized economies in Asia is generally lacking in the literature. This study attempts to fill that void by providing an in-depth discussion on the economic impact of the industrial...(read more) |
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Invisible Trade: High-class Sex for Sale in Singapore |
Gerrie Lim ISBN: 9810510330 Welcome to the very real, largely hidden, and often surreal world of high-class sex for sale in Singapore, where the sexual desires of this tiny island run the gamut from simple missionary zeal to the cracking of the whip. Never before have outsiders...(read more) |
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Over Singapore: Aerial Views of the Island Republic |
Simon Tay ISBN: 9813018046 Sorry - no summary available. |
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Parties and Politics: A Study of Opposition Parties and the PAP in Singapore |
H. Mutalib ISBN: 9812104089 This is the first comprehensive study of Singapore's political system and democratic culture with a focus on opposition parties. It discusses their roles, contributions and limitations within a PAP-dominated political system. The discussion is arranged...(read more) |
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The Four Asian Tigers: Economic Development and the Global Political Economy |
Eun Mee Kim ISBN: 0124074405 This book critically examines the geopolitical and economic contexts of the region's export-oriented industrialization. The first part of the book focuses on the global and regional elements of the economic system and recent geo-politics. The second...(read more) |
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