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5 pages. This two-part paper examines the four theories of development (modernization, Marxian, discursive, institutional-adaptation) in the area of communitarian ideology at work in Singapore. The first part is a focus on understanding the communitarian ideology and the second part centers on the four theories of development. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the communitarian ideology and the second part centers on the four theories of development. COMMUNITARIAN IDEOLOGY IN SINGAPORE The basis of communitarian ideology is that no
man is an island, or that there is no such thing as isolation in communitarian ideology. Based on this presumption, further conviction would seem that "individual rights need to
be balanced with social responsibilities" (Warschauer, 2002, PG) and that there is no autonomy in the communitarian landscape. A major problem in Singapore is that this ideology is taken "too
far" (Warshchauer, 2002, PG) in that there is an overabundance of social control, especially in several issues. The result is that there are few individual rights that Singaporeans enjoy,
including organ donation, gun control and the environment. In the matter of organ donation Singapore has adopted a program that is opposite that of the United States. Whereas in
the U. S. one must sign a card volunteering their organs to be donated, in Singapore everyone is presumed to be an organ donor unless they take the step to
sign and mail a card that will allow them to opt out of this program. Thus simply by default Singaporeans have a larger number of organ donations than do
other countries (Warschauer, 2002). In Singapore another difference is that their Internet structure is based on whether it is socially responsible - in this way there is much IT
technology that is left on the drawing room floor in way of Internet information. "The political leaders, in some Asian countries, have consistently argued for the need to
promote social and community values through exercising control over what they believe to be undesirable information which could destabilize their countries. Such an ideology prescribes restriction of freedom of expression
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