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Chapter 22 of the book "Singapore: The Unexpected Nation," by Edwin Lee is presented. It offers a background on the independence of Singapore from Malaysia, its adoption of an import-substitution policy in the early 1960s, and becoming an economic developmental state. It also discusses the association of the economics of the developmental state with democratization as well as the launch of the civil society organization Tangent. Also tackled are the challenges of nation building and globalization faced by Singapore.

The sources cited within the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," are presented including "Going Beyond Global Babble," by Janet Abu-Lughod, "Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance," by Akbar Abbas and "An Idea of Community and its Discontents: Towards a More Reflexive Sense of Belonging in Multicultural Britain," by Brian Alleyne.

The article presents the conclusion to a study about Singapore and its move to become a global nation. As stated, Singapore has established a global nation, a competitive economy, a strong education base and cultural identity after hurdling all the challenges. It is noted that as Singaporeans embrace Western modernization, it is difficult to maintain the Asian values as they live a material-based modern life. At present, the challenges being faced by Singapore include the economic, education and cultural identity aspects.

Chapter 5 of the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," by Selvaraj Velayutham is presented. It explores the perception of Singaporeans regarding their national identity and their personal opinion about the globalization of their nation. It highlights the response of Singaporeans to questionnaires regarding their cultural identity and their modernity, their material-based identity and their nation-home being a global city.

Chapter 4 of the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," by Selvaraj Velayutham is presented. It explores the development of Singapore in the aspects of culture, education and urbanization and its promotion to become a global city. It highlights the cultural policies of Singapore and the creation of the National Arts Council, construction of museums and sponsorship of international cultural events through the Global City of the Arts and Culture in 1995.

Chapter 3 of the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," by Selvaraj Velayutham is presented. It explores the aim of the government to create a home for Singaporeans while maintaining their continued global economic success. It highlights the Next Lap policy of 1991, the five ideals of the Singapore 21 policy in 1999 to discourage Singaporeans from emigrating to other countries and the strategies for Remaking Singapore program of 2003 to establish a more appealing home for global Singaporeans.

Chapter 2 of the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," by Selvaraj Velayutham is presented. It explores the growth in Singapore of Confucian and Asian values and their development as a nation ready to move into globalization. It highlights Singapore as a traditional Asian nation embracing modern concepts, their rapid economic success and their ambivalence as a strong nation that represents the New Asia.

Chapter 1 of the book "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore," by Selvaraj Velayutham is presented. It explores the history of Singapore which was a colony and its independence in 1965 after which it has established its identity as a nation. It highlights the development of their economy, the multiracial society and promotion of academic learning to establish the identity of Singapore as an emerging Asian nation.

The article discusses the background of the research "Responding to Globalization: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore" including the theories on globalization, the economic progress, national identity and cultural aspects of Singapore and the contents of each chapter of the study and discussions tackled therein.

Management of change has assumed a great deal of importance in Indian automobile industry. Managing change is posing a big challenge to Indian firms in the wake of globalization and liberalization. Successful change demands that all major areas of an organization are kept in focus concurrently. These areas are technology, structure, systems, people and culture. It is seen that all these areas are interwoven and cannot be emphasized upon in isolation. This paper presents the current status of socio-technical change in Indian automobile industry. The study has been made through survey in Indian automobile companies using a specially designed questionnaire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The steady growth of the population in the Mediterranean region, which grew by 150 million inhabitants between 1975 and 2000, is the result of very different demographic dynamics between the northern countries, on the one hand, and the southern and eastern countries, on the other hand. This demographic growth has been accompanied by heavy urbanization and concentration in the coastal zone. Other disparities are developing between the northern Mediterranean countries and the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (the SEM countries), especially in terms of economic growth and human development. Poverty strongly affects the rural sector of the SEM countries, the majority of whose inhabitants live from an often family-based agriculture with unpredictable results. The pressure on the resources of the Mediterranean region is growing. The dependence of the SEM countries for basic food products is strong and the recourse to imports is growing. In this paper, data is presented to give a better idea of the state of food safety and food security for the countries of the Mediterranean region. Complementary research paths between the north and south sides of the Mediterranean are envisaged, in order to reduce the disparities and build a veritable Euro-Mediterranean rural entity benefiting from new basic knowledge produced by a network of regional research and higher education institutions working together in order to promote sustainable rural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chapter 12 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the relationship between economic globalization and reproductive health (RH). The chapter emphasizes advocacy for RH and its success. Also included in the chapter are discussions about wages, gender and women's agency.

Of the many theories that have been offered to ‘explain’ K-cycles, the most plausible by far is their close correlation with clusters of radical innovations associated with changes in major primary energy sources, starting with the “age” of coal and iron, followed by the “age”of steam power, railways, steel, and town gas, followed by the age of electrification, internal combustion engines and automobiles. Schumpeter (writing in 1939) suggested that the third wave would end around 1950. He expected the A-period of a fourth K-wave to begin then, with a B-period starting in the 1970s and ending around 1990. The postwar boom and the advent of nuclear power and natural gas seemed to fit that prescription. The slowdown beginning in the 1970s also fits the pattern. US oil production peaked in 1969-70. The energy crisis of 1973-74 was followed by the deepest recession since the 1930s. Nuclear power suffered a setback in the 1980s, and the on-going de-industrialization of the US accelerated. In effect, it can be argued that the fourth K-wave occurred on schedule and ended around 1990-1992, also with a deep recession. The A-period of the fifth wave presumably began then, driven by the ‘digital revolution’ ICT and the internet. But recent events, especially since 2000, also suggest that the pattern may have broken. This paper reviews the evidence for such a view. The relevance to US National Security is spelled out clearly in Michael Klare's book “Resource Wars” (2001) which virtually predicted 9/11 and the US attack on Iraq. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The globalization processes are developing unevenly and asymmetrically, and Kondratieff's Long-Wave concept serves a most useful and appropriate instrumental basis for analysis of major global changes. There were several long cycles of globalization. The cycle of Modern Age, for example, included the phase of differentiation and the one of integration. The interplay of various circumstances - both economic and other than economic, internal and external factors - led to the periods of instability. One of them covered the time from 1914 through to the 1940s (“downward swing”). The first half of the 21st century would face a new wave of instability. Globalization of criminal business and challenges of international terrorism have created new fears and new factors of strategic instability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public health protection has traditionally been viewed mainly as a national concern. With globalization, however, many issues related to health no longer respect the geographical confines of sovereign states, and can no longer be resolved by national policies alone. The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the current globalization of the tobacco epidemic. This effort represented the first time that WHO Member States had exercised their treaty-making powers under Article 19 of the WHO Constitution. The idea behind the WHO FCTC and its future related protocols, is that it will act as a global complement to, not a replacement for, national and local tobacco control actions. The chapter reviews the history of the WHO FCTC, the legal approach selected, utilizing a framework convention and related protocols, and the process for the WHO FCTC to come into force. The various core tobacco control interventions contained in the WHO FCTC are introduced, and the features that are unique to the WHO FCTC are highlighted. Finally, the post-adoption process is reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Chapter 3 of the book "25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights" is presented. It explores the association between health and human rights. It discusses the relationship between ethics and human rights, and the relationship between human rights principles and equity. It explains the role of globalization in promoting and protecting human rights.