论新加坡民族国家创建的基础

新加坡民族国家的创建有着曲折的历程和独自的特色,这源于开埠后新加坡的社会发展特征.20世纪20年代以后,新加坡逐渐由移民社会向普通社会过渡,建立现代民族国家已成为其历史发展的内在要求.新加坡社会由三大族群构成,各族群在职业、文化、传统等方面有着很大的区别,族群关系复杂.因为商业与贸易的发展,到1900年时新加坡已经具备了现代化城市的多个特征,商业城市使新加坡社会具有较高的理性;英国的殖民统治给新加坡留下了法治精神、有限责任政府和文官制度等殖民遗产,使得新加坡具有"强国家"的潜质;地狭人多、经济模式单一、族群关系复杂,这些因素增加了新加坡民族国家创建的艰巨性.

The foundation of Singapore's nation-state building

The winding course and unique characteristic of nation-state building of Singapore resulted from its social development. After 1920, Singapore gradually developed to an ordinary social from an immigrant society and nation-state building became an intrinsic request of its historical development; The Singaporean society constituted by three big ethnic groups which differed from each other in terms of occupation, culture, tradition and etc. thus made the relation of ethnic groups complex. Because of commercial...