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Arts in a knowledge-based economy : activist strategies in Singapore's Renaissance

@inproceedings{Woon2012ArtsIA,
  title={Arts in a knowledge-based economy : activist strategies in Singapore's Renaissance},
  author={Tien Wei Woon},
  year={2012}
}

• Tien Wei Woon
• Published 2012
• Economics

....................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements.................................................................................................... iii Content........................................................................................................................ iv List of Figures ........................................................................................................... vii Definitions.................................................................................................................. xi Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 Background and Motivation........................................................................................ 1 Contributions of this Research..................................................................................... 3 Methodology ............................................................................................................... 5 Structure of Thesis....................................................................................................... 7 Server Foundation: Indexes....................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2: The Knowledge-based Economy and Singapore....................... 13 The Singapore Economy and Power.......................................................................... 14 Singapore's 'economic miracle': Moving Towards a New Economy......................... 17 Desiring Innovation and Creativity for Knowledge-based Economy........................ 21 Conclusion................................................................................................................. 27 Chapter 3: The Knowledge-based Economy and the Arts........................... 29 The Importance of Being Cultured: 1989 Report...................................................... 30 Singapore's Renaissance............................................................................................ 33 Renaissance City Plan and the Subjugation of the Arts............................................. 39 Soft/Self Censorship in the Arts.................................................................................42 v The Position of the Arts in Singapore........................................................................ 46 Developing Software of Art....................................................................................... 47 Conclusion................................................................................................................. 50