Screen LibraryManaging Chineseness : Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore /
This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French multi-national firm, the author explores the evolving social constructions of...
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Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers of Globalization
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58258-4 |
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This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French multi-national firm, the author explores the evolving social constructions of Chineseness . Sociologist Manuel Castells once hailed Singapore as the only true Leninist project that has survived , and Lee revisits the Singapore social laboratory , addressing recent dialectics that transpire within the global political economy. Currently, professional actors need to address |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XI, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781137582584 |
| Index Number: | JZ1317 |
| CLC: | D81 |
| Contents: | 1. Managing Chineseness as Identity Grafting -- 2. Sleeping Fishing Village overrun by Immigrants? -- 3. Typologizing Chineseness -- 4. The Complex -- 5. The Boys wear High Heels with Platforms -- 6. Sunshine and Bananas and Coconuts -- 7. Singapore Society in Transition, Really? -- 8. Indeed . |