Paths not taken : political pluralism in post-war Singapore
Michael D. Barr (Editor), Carl A. Trocki (Editor)
This title will remind older Singaporeans of ages from their past while providing a younger generation with a novel perspective of their country's past struggles. It reveals a complex situation which gives weight to the middle years of the 20th century as a period that offered real altenatives
Kongress Singapur 2005
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9789971693787, 997169378X
154714418
Part 1. Opening New Paths
Imperial Subjects, Straits Citizens: Anglophone Asians and the Struggle for Political Rights in Inter-War Singapore / Chua Ai Lin
Internationalism and Political Pluralism in Singapore, 1950-1963 / Sunil S. Amrith
Part 2. Party Politics
The United Front Strategy of the Malayan Communist Party in Singapore, 1950s-1960s / C.C. Chin
Chinese Merchants in Politics: The Democratic Party in the 1955 Legislative Assembly Election / Sikko Visscher
Winning and Losing Malay Support: PAP-Malay Community Relations, 1950s and 1960s / Lily Zubaidah Rahim
David Marshall and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Singapore / Carl A. Trocki
Part 3. Activists and Popular Movements Malay Cosmopolitan Activism in Post-War Singapore / Timothy P. Barnard and Jan van der Putten
Civil Society and the Malay Education Council \ E. Kay Gillis
All Quiet on Jurong Road: Nanyang University and Radical Vision in Singapore / Yao Souchou
The Young Pathfinders: Portrayal of Student Political Activism / Huang Jianli
The Left-Wing Trade Unions in Singapore, 1945-1970 / Michael Fernandez and Loh Kah Seng
Part 4. Walking Narrow Paths Singapore's Catholic Social Activists: Alleged Marxist Conspirators / Michael D. Barr
Internalised Boundaries: AWARE's Place in Singapore's Emerging Civil Society / Lenore Lyons
History Spiked: Hegemony and the Denial of Media Diversity / Cherian George