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1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

National Integration in a multi-ethnic country - A Case Study of Singapore -

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09620073
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionKitakyushu University

Principal Investigator

TAMURA Keiko  Professor, Faculty of Law, Kitakyushu University, 法学部, 教授 (90197575)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
KeywordsSingapore / national integration / ethnicity / multi-ethnic policy / identity
Research Abstract

Although Singapore, a small city-state in Southeast Asia, has a limited area of 224 square miles, her 300 million people are consisted of 77% Chinese, 14% Malays and 9% Indians. In a world where ethic conflict is increasing the cause of civil wars and social instability especially since the Cold War was over, Singapore is notable for its stable ethnic relations which have been unmarred by any incidence of tension after achieving Independence in 1965. This report is to analyze Singapore's management of ethnic relations and find out whether her case could be a model for other multi-ethnic nations.
Singapore's management of ethnic relations is called "Multi-ethnic Policy". All Singaporeans are classified 4 groups - Chinese, Malays, Indians, Others. Not only each classified ethnic name is registered on each person's ID card but also his/her second language at school is supposed to be ethnic group's mother tongue. No quota system for minorities and every ethnic group is placed all on an equal footing. Moreover, even public housing estates where 87% of Singaporeans live have ethnic integration policy.
However this "Multi-ethnic Policy" has made the Malays fall behind non-Malays especially the Chinese, because the Malays already fallen behind the Chinese who went into the commercial world under the British colonial policy. The Singapore government has only encouraged the Malays to make every effort to catch up other groups. It can be said that "Multi-ethnic Policy" prevents the Malays from acting systematically to strive for higher status.

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 田村慶子: "現代シンガポール政治研究一人民行動党の一党支配確立と国民国家の創造"九州大学大学院法学研究科堤山博士論文. (1999)

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  • [Publications] 田村慶子: "創られる「家族の肖像」一アジア的価値とシンガポールの女性"田村慶子・篠崎正美 編 『アジアの社会変動とジェンダー』 明石書店. 55-85 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 田村慶子: "シンガポールの開発政治"生田真人 編 『アジア野大都市 : クアラルンプル・シンガポール 編』 日本評論社. 241-263 (2000)

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  • [Publications] 田村慶子: "マレーシアとシンガポールにおける女性と政治 ー ナショナリズム・国家建設・ジェンダー ー"財団法人 アジア女性研究・交流フォーラム. 73 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 田村慶子: "シンガポールの国家建設 ー ナショナリズム・ジェンダー ・エスニシティ ー"明石書店. 329 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Keiko T. Tamura: "A Study on Modern Singapore's Politics : One Party Dominance of the People's Action Party and Creation of Nation-State"Ph. D. Dissertation, Kyushu University. 114 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Keiko T. Tamura: "Creating a Portrait of an Ideal Family : Asian Value and Women in Singapore"Masami Shinozaki & Tamura ed., Social Change and Gender in Asia, Akashi Shoten. 55-85 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Keiko T. Tamura: "Development Politics in Singapore"Masato Ikuta ed., Metropolises in Asia : Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Nihon Hyoron. 241-263 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Keiko T. Tamura: "Women and Politics in Malaysia and Singapore : Nationalism, Nation-Building and Gender"Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women. 73 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Keiko T. Tamura: "Nation-Building in Singapore : Nationalism, Ethnicity, Women"Akashi Shoten. 329 (2000)

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Published: 2001-10-23  

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