This hypothesis has been tested in the case of Singapore society and the empirical results from the research on the power of network diversity and bridging social capital are found in this volume.

Studies the factors responsible for the secular decline of Singapore's unemployment rate over the period 1966-2000 in an environment of low and stable inflation rates.

A study which challenges the dominant understanding of Singapore as a case where "correct" policies have made rapid industrialization possible and which raises questions about the possibility and appropriateness of its emulation.

Singapore has been taken by many researchers as a fascinating living language policy and planning laboratory.

Financial institutions are described in detail, as are the operation of the key markets and Singapore's regulatory institutions and strategies. This edition highlights developments in Singapore's financial services industry.

Singapore has been taken by many researchers as a fascinating living language policy and planning laboratory.

This book qualitatively examines the interactive effects of race and class on the educational performance of these youths through the lens of social capital.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.