S Rajaratnam on Singapore from ideas to reality

Publication/Creation:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2006

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

S Rajaratnam on Singapore from ideas to reality / editor Kwa Chong Guan

Related/Included Titles:

Selections.
2006.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Kwa, Chong Guan
Rajaratnam, S. (Sinnathamby), 1915-2006. Selections

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Rajaratnam, S.(Sinnathamby),1915-2006
ASEAN
Multiculturalism--Singapore
Singapore--Foreign relations
Singapore--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Foreword ; Selection of Photographs ; Foreign Policy ; S Rajaratnam and the Making of Singapore Foreign Policy ; Framework of Singapore's Foreign Policy ; Singapore as a Global City ; Balance of Power ; ASEAN ; Singapore at the United Nations
Relations with Superpowers Relations with China ; Relations with Neighbouring Countries ; Conclusion ; Framing Singapore's Foreign Policy ; The Cold War and the Future of the World ; The Third World and Global Crisis ; Highlighting the Soviet Threat ; In Defence of Kampuchea
The Problems and Future of NAM Selection of Photographs ; ASEAN Regionalism ; Singapore and ASEAN: The Art of the Possible ; Introduction; Ideational Sources of Mr Rajaratnam's Foreign Policy ; The Formation and Role of ASEAN ; ASEAN's Achievements ; Limitations of ASEAN
Future Prospects for ASEAN The Founding of ASEAN ; What is ASEAN About?; Small Steps to a Better Future ; ASEAN's Record: Optimism with Caution ; Building Relations with ASEAN's Communist Neighbours ; ""The Dominoes Did Not Fall"" ; ASEAN's Geopolitical Importance
Harmonising Nationalism with Regionalism ASEAN and the Indochina Refugee Problem ; Selection of Photographs ; Multiculturalism ; Locating S Rajaratnam's Multiculturalism ; Defining and Positioning Multiculturalism ; Rajaratnam's Multiculturalism
Singapore's Current Multiculturalism vis-a-vis Rajaratnam's

Summary:

This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the founding fathers of Singapore. As the country's first foreign minister, he was pivotal in conceptualising and implementing its foreign policy. Present at the birth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he was also instrumental in ensuring a constructive role for Singapore in regional cooperation. A staunch supporter of a multicultural society, Mr Rajaratnam envisioned the country as a cosmopolitan "global city". The volume is divided into four thematic sections: fore

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

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Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936718692602486

ISBN:

1-281-91202-6
9786611912024
981-277-240-5

OCLC Number:

815748138