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The review aims to analyze the relationship between public subsidies and private accumulation in Singapore’s public housing context.

May 7, 2026Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia0 citations

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BOOK REVIEW: Public Subsidy, Private Accumulation: The Political Economy of Singapore�s Public Housing by Chua Beng Huat

NPNathan PengUniversity of British Columbia

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The review aims to analyze the relationship between public subsidies and private accumulation in Singapore’s public housing context.
Critical analysis of the book's themes and arguments related to public housing.
Examination of the historical and socio-economic background of Singapore's housing policies.
Identifies key mechanisms through which public subsidies facilitate private wealth accumulation.
Highlights the implications for social equality and urban development in Singapore.

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SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthropology, sociology, and history.

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Nathan Peng (Thu,) studied this question.

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