A study which challenges the dominant understanding of Singapore as a case where "correct" policies have made rapid industrialization possible and which raises questions about the possibility and appropriateness of its emulation.

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Murdoch University, Australia

Garry Rodan

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Book Title: The Political Economy of Singapore's Industrialization
Book Subtitle: National State and International Capital
Authors: Garry Rodan
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19923-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-47079-4Published: 15 May 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19923-5Published: 03 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 266
Topics: International Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Industries, International Political Economy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Theoretical Introduction

Pre-Industrial Singapore: General Structural Developments up until 1959

The Political Pre-Conditions

Export-Oriented Manufacturing

Second Industrial Revolution

Singapore’s Future as a NIC

Conclusions: Singapore and the New International Division of Labour

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