 | Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore Subjects: Singapore -- Politics and government; Communitarianism -- Singapore; Liberalism -- Singapore; People’s Action Party (Singapore); In Liberalism Disavowed , Beng Huat Chua examines the rejection of Western-style liberalism in Singapore since the nation's expulsion from Malaysia and formal independence as a republic in 1965. Chua Beng Huat : Beng Huat Chua holds the Provost Chair in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore and directs the Cultural Studies in Asia program at the NUS Asia Research Institute. He is the author of Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture , Life Is Not Complete without Shopping : Consumption Culture in Singapore , Political Legitimacy and Housing : Singapore's Stakeholder Society , and Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore . |
