Society and Social Sciences

Description The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...

Description About the Editors Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does...

Description About the Editor Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Acti...

Description This is a volume of collected stories and vignettes of the extended Hochstadt Clan of Singapore. Singapore’s Hochstadt family was e...

Description About the Author In 2020, Singapore, with the rest of the world was struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a difficult time. Peo...

Description About the Author Christina’s family has a rich tradition in singing and as a young girl she was inspired to take up lessons, and to...

Description About the Author Understanding Singapore Politics, Second Edition, aims to present a structural-functional understanding of politic...

Description About the Author Around the world, Asian chefs are making their mark in the culinary arena with their innovative menus and forward-...

Description The fields of special needs education and disability in Singapore have witnessed significant changes and developments especially du...

Description Praise About the Editors Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore contemplates and re-centres Singapore women in the overlapp...

Description The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in ...

Description About the Editor Multiculturalism is arguably the X-factor of Singapore’s admired country brand. But while the island republic’s o...

Description The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship benefits from the author's many years of experience as a serial entrepreneur. By mapping hi...

Description Reporter is an account of John McBeth’s 50-year journey through Asia, more than half of that time as a correspondent for the Far Ea...

Description An illustrated collection of essays on modern and contemporary Asian art by a key figure of the international contemporary art worl...

Description A much-needed resource on the practice of public art commissions and community engagement through the arts in urban Asia.Distribute...

Description About the Authors Although climate-linked impacts on ASEAN’s economy, increasing vulnerability to severe weather, and interlinkages...

Description Praise About the Editors Inequality is a defining global issue of our times. Southeast Asia stands out in some ways; the 2010s have...

Praise About the Authors “We live in paradoxical times. Traditionally, the West has led the world in theory and practice. Yet, recent developm...

Description About the Author Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 97 per cent of all active business e...

Description About the Authors ‘You shouldn’t be with a Chinese girl…that should be my girl,’ a man in Singapore allegedly said this to a Chines...

Description About the Editors Millennials or Generation Y—those born between 1981 and 1996—represent the population cohort who are moving into ...

Description About the Authors After more than a decade of deliberations, ASEAN leaders agreed on 11 November 2022 in principle to admit Timor-L...

Description About the Editor Modern Singapore is the city in a garden, a biophilic and highly managed urban space that is home to a variety of ...

Description Praise Why did Lee do away with vernacular schools despite violent political resistance?Why did he close Nanyang University?Why sta...

Description Winner of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category Finalist for Best Non-Fiction Title at the 2018 S...

Description 3rd Prize of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category In this volume of fresh essays and published a...

Description Professor S. Jayakumar, a former minister, diplomat and law dean, shares his candid views on many facets of Singapore’s governance,...

Description Praise About the Author How can the social ecosystem transform in the new normal? If a charity is in dire need of cash, should it a...

Description About the Series Historically, Singapore has been home to a myriad of people of Chinese descent, including those whose ancestors mi...

Description About the Series This book documents the development of civil society in Singapore from the colonial era to the present day. It exa...

Description About the Series This book is a history of Singapore from the founding of a settlement by Raffles in 1819, to the post-imperial pha...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Constitution traces the development of Singapore’s Constitution against the framework of Sin...

Description About the Series How can a tiny island defend itself against Goliaths in the region? This book addresses that often-asked question....

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Demography traces the trends and developments in Singapore’s population from the pre-Indepen...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Diplomacy shows how Singapore has dealt with many daunting challenges: separation from Malay...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Education examines the key imperatives and principles that drove policy formulation, the suc...

Description About the Series This book examines the origins of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in the inter-War years and its subsequent de...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Energy examines the evolving growth of Singapore's energy use and manufacturing. Starting wi...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Environment documents Singapore’s journey towards greater environmental sustainability, biod...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Eurasians explores the social history of Singapore Eurasians, focusing particularly on the 5...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the premier financial centres in the world. It is one of the biggest markets for the trading o...

Description About the Series The term “flora and fauna” refers to the plants and animals found in a particular region. Singapore’s primeval veg...

Description About the Series Singapore’s reputation as a food paradise reflects its position at the intersection of four culinary cultures: Chi...

Description About the Series Singapore has leveraged on its strategic location and open economy to become a global maritime and logistics centr...

Description About the Series Good governance is at the heart of Singapore’s development, forged in the furnace of the early challenges that Sin...

Description About the Series This book reviews the development of healthcare in Singapore, especially over the last 50 years. It presents major...

Description About the Series Heritage means different things to different people. This book provides a guide to Singapore heritage and its pres...