Studies in Urban and Social Change -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Preface -- 1: Introduction: Singapore as a Case and Comparison -- European Classics and Western Theories -- Asian Studies: A Focus on Villages -- Urban Studies -- The Developmental State, Asian Values and Rent-seeking -- Singapore as a Property State -- The Chapters -- Notes -- 2: Ideologies of Land -- Land Regimes -- Debates on Genealogies -- Philosophies of Property -- Myths of Frontier and Homeownership -- The Economic, Moral and Political Land Question -- Notes -- 3: Economic Arguments: Rent Theory and Property Rights Theory -- Concepts and Forms of Rent -- Rent and Social Problems -- Extending the Rent Concept -- Property Rights Theory -- Ambiguous Property Rights and the Market for Development Rights -- Rent as a Social Relation -- Urban Land Rent -- Notes -- 4: Land Reforms: Practical Solutions and Politics of Land -- Radicals and Moralists -- Two Chinese Models of Land Reform -- Modern Land Reform -- Land Value Tax -- Neoliberal Land Reforms -- From Revolutions to Pragmatism -- Notes -- 5: Land Institutions and Housing -- Land Institutions and the Second Round of Land Acquisitions -- National and Urban Development -- Housing the Nation -- Housing Welfare -- Private, Expatriate and Migrant Housing -- Challenges -- The Value of Public Land and Fiscalisation of Rent -- Notes -- 6: Property Tycoons and Speculation -- Rent-seeking -- Property is a Hot Topic in Singapore -- Rumours in Hong Kong -- Conglomerates, Dynasties and Pension Funds -- Private and Government-linked Companies in Singapore -- Industrial Landscape and the Jurong Town Corporation -- Private and Government Companies Sharing the Market -- Transnational Property Companies -- Capricious Landlords and Mean Developers: Absolute Rent.

Land Without Speculation -- Notes -- 7: Diversification of a Real Estate Portfolio: The World is Singapore's Hinterland -- Safe Haven for Global Real Estate Flows -- Real Estate Investment Trusts -- Singapore Colonising the World: Sovereign Wealth Funds -- Real Estate Investment into Singapore -- Property-minded People -- Casinos and Singapore as the World's Wealth Management Centre -- Global Rent and Racism in the Real Estate Market -- Notes -- 8: Financial Crises and Real Estate -- Financial Centres -- Singapore and Hong Kong as Financial Centres -- Nick Leeson and the Collapse of Barings -- The IMF in Singapore -- The Asian Crisis -- Bangkok and Real Estate Speculation -- Singapore and the Financial Crisis -- The Financialisation of Land and Derivative Rent -- Notes -- 9: Conclusion: The Land, Urban and Rent Question -- The Regime of Regulating Public Land -- The Land Question -- The Urban Question -- The Rent Question -- Annex: Note on Data -- References -- Index -- EULA.