02504cam a2200349 i 4500 296132096 TxAuBib 20170310120000.0 160524s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016022371 9780190469504 0190469501 eng rda TxAuBib rda Perry, John Curtis. Singapore [BOOK] : unlikely power / John Curtis Perry. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] xxv, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The life of Singapore as an independent nation since 1965 has coincided with explosive growth, both of world trade and world wealth. Trade, heavily seaborne, now contributes more than half of global GNP. Largely by exploiting changing uses of the ocean,Singapore has grown remarkably rich. Constant and continuing comment in the media concerning Singapore's dramatic economic and organizational achievement has yet to find its way into a book, and this one is the first to put the story of Singapore into a global maritime context, describing and analyzing how, despite many life-threatening crises, Singapore, by using the sea, survived and prospered far beyond even its own expectations. Putting priority upon economic development and maintaining the social andeconomic stability that Singapore's authoritarian government has thought necessary to achieve this growth has provoked heated controversy both among Singaporeans and outside observers. Although opposition is too weak to challenge the government successfully, the struggle to define an acceptable balance between freedom and control continues. This question takes on a universal concern, intensified in our age of terrorism with its new challenges to order and stability. To what extent does authority stifle creativity?". 20170310. Harbors Economic aspects Singapore History. Social stability Singapore History. Economic development Singapore History. Authoritarianism Singapore History. Social change Singapore History. Shipping Singapore History. Singapore Economic conditions. Singapore Commerce History. Singapore Politics and government.