Singapore Chinese Traditional Voluntary Associations
Author: Lau-Fong Mak
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 76
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Author: Lau-Fong Mak
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 76
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 426
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2006-02-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789622097766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo Chinese voluntary organizations continue to have a role in modern societies enmeshed in a globalizing world that questions continuation of the nation-state and ethnic identity? This book argues that Chinese voluntary organizations continue to play a significant role in both the established and new Chinese communities in the Diaspora. They are able to do so because of their ability to transform their organizational structure and functions. At the same time, they are able to reinvent their own images to suit their co-ethnic community and the wider polity. The uniqueness of this volume lies in its integration of historical and contemporary approaches to the study of traditional Chinese voluntary organizations in the Diaspora. The chapters explore how the Chinese voluntary organizations continue to fulfil the needs of the Chinese community in different parts of the world, and do this by both localizing and globalizing their functions and roles in the countries where they have established roots. The contributors cover traditional Chinese voluntary organizations from Asia to Australia, North America and Europe examining not only their activities in established Chinese communities such as Singapore and Malaysia, but also in the new emerging Chinese communities in Canada and Eastern Europe. This allows the readers to compare and contrast the voluntary organizations across countries and across time. Readership for this book includes scholars and students of Chinese Studies, Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Diaspora Studies, History, Social Organizations and the general educated Chinese population.
Author: Mun Cheong Yong
Publisher: Centre for Advanced Studies National University of Singapore
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hong Liu
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780820467993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the first comprehensive study of its kind, this book analyzes the dynamics, processes, mechanisms, and consequences of socio-economic and political changes in Singapore Chinese society from 1945 to 1965. By employing a wide range of primary materials that have been rarely used before, the authors have demonstrated the multi-dimensionality and complexity of the Chinese society in postwar Singapore, which was full of vitality and politically active. They argue that the combination of the internal dynamism and the changing socio-political framework shaped the nature and characteristics of the Chinese community and its fundamental role in the making of modern Singapore. This study is essential reading for an understanding of not only the Chinese politics and business networks in postwar Singapore, but also the historical evolution of the newly independent Republic.
Author: Wolfgang Jamann
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen A. Douglas
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Saliha Hassan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1135788987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book considers the proliferation in Malaysia over the past two decades of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) associated with various social movements, both to provide basic information about the NGOs and social movements, and to discuss their role in the development of civil society generally in particular their contribution to the reform movement, which has been gathering strength since 1998. The book discusses the nature and development of the movements, and shows that those movements concerned with human rights and women's issues have made significant contributions to the reform movement and been irrevocably changed by their involvement in it.
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael W. Charney
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-17
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9401701172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors to this volume explore the close relationship between education and the molding of modern immigrant societies through case studies of either Asian migrants or Asian immigrant societies. This volume will be especially useful for researchers, educators, and students intent on understanding some of the critical challenges faced by a globalizing world.