Capitalist development and human rights
Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3986590 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy B Williams (0000-0001-9371-443X, University of New England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-372 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472339280000251 |
| OpenAlex | W2062137693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The apologetic literature on capitalist development has been quite unrelenting in its advocacy of free markets to produce “the right conditions” for economic growth. Invariably, however, the only freedom preserved under so-called free-market policies is the economic freedom of international capital to sell, invest, and repatriate profit. Furthermore, “a favourable investment climate” is created only with the systematic repression of unruly students, trade unionists, the free press, and other democratic processes. Dubbed as a necessary precondition for industrialisation, and vindicated by outsiders in the West, many states in the Third World readily accede to the stern government that is necessary to implement these market-oriented policies. It is this issue that provides the focus of debate in this paper, and special attention is devoted to the experience of Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew
Capital (architecture · Democracy · Economics · Free market · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Industrialisation · Investment (military · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Profit (economics · Sociology · Stern · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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Economic and Political Explanations of Human Rights Violations
Political Repression and Economic Doctrines
The politics of Singapore in the 1980s
Will More Countries Become Democratic
Capitalist industrialisation in East Asia's four little tigers
State, regime and the democratization muddle
Singapore. Development Policies and Trends
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2001 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |