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Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited: Essays on Singapore Politics - cover

Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited: Essays on Singapore Politics

Cherian George

Verlag: Ethos Books

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"Think of Singapore instead as the Air-Conditioned Nation—a society with a unique blend of comfort and central control, where people have mastered their environment, but at the cost of individual autonomy, and at the risk of unsustainability." 
 
Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited is an anthology of essays on Singapore politics by Cherian George. It draws upon his influential collection Singapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation (2000), on the country's politics of comfort and control, and from Singapore, Incomplete (2017), on its underdeveloped democracy. Updated for the impending transition to a new generation of leaders, this 20th anniversary edition of Air-Conditioned Nation offers critical reflections on continuity and change in Singapore’s unique political culture.
Verfügbar seit: 27.04.2023.
Drucklänge: 320 Seiten.

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