Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore

Chua, Beng Huat

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“…The prospect of massive unemployment was imminent with the British announcement to withdraw its troops, which "contributed to 20% of Singapore's GDP" and "employed 10% of the local labour force" (Leong, 2011:23). Therefore, 'survival' was the priority in a country with scarce resources and social issues that included high unemployment rates and racial conflict (Chiew et al, 1991;Chua, 1995;Han, 2009). Most of the workforce was unskilled, and the state successfully promoted the rapid expansion of the labour-intensive manufacturing sector so as to generate jobs and produce economic growth via exports (EDB, 2014).…”

Section: The Policy Narrative: Education and Lifelong Learningmentioning

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“…Most of the workforce was unskilled, and the state successfully promoted the rapid expansion of the labour-intensive manufacturing sector so as to generate jobs and produce economic growth via exports (EDB, 2014). Providing a supply of skilled workers was, and continues to be, one of the key strategies for the nation's survival, and this is why education and training have been a priority for policy makers (Chua, 1995;Gopinathan et al, 2011).…”

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Lifelong learning, income inequality and social mobility in Singapore

Lee¹,

Morris²

2016

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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Singapore has been assigned the role of a 'model' nation state primarily for two reasons: its rapid rate of economic growth and its outstanding performance on cross national tests of educational achievement, such as PISA. This has resulted in advocates of reform citing it as illustrating 'best practices', especially in the field of education, and it has more generally been viewed as demonstrating the benefits of economic globalization. This paper analyses from a comparative perspective the more problematic and relatively unexplored third dimension of being a model 'global' nation, namely its impact on income inequality and the quality of citizens' life. We focus on the role of the system of lifelong learning which was designed generally to upgrade the skills of the workforce and specifically to provide low paid/skilled workers with opportunities to improve incomes and enhance their socioeconomic mobility. We demonstrate that despite the remarkable economic growth at a national level and the significant expansion of lifelong learning provision, productivity rates have not improved, income inequality has increased, social mobility has declined and the 'quality of life' is, in comparative terms, poor.

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Section: The Policy Narrative: Education and Lifelong Learningmentioning

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Section: The Policy Narrative: Education and Lifelong Learningmentioning

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Lifelong learning, income inequality and social mobility in Singapore

Lee¹,

Morris²

2016

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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“…Singapore has been described as a 'paternalist state', a 'developmental state', a 'semi-authoritarian state', an 'electoral authoritarian regime' and a 'corporatist state' by many scholars and analysts (Chua 1995;Low 2001;Case 2011;Fukuyama 1995;Means 1998;Vasu 2012). Out of these various characterizations, corporatism is arguably more accurate as it takes into account the foundational role multiculturalism plays in governance in Singapore.…”

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Immigration and the National Narrative: Rethinking Corporatism in Singapore

Vasu¹,

Cheong²

2014

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This article argues that the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore is losing narrative rationality due primarily to large-scale immigration to Singapore. The real or perceived threat from such immigrants has galvanized Singaporeans from different ethnic groups such that a strong Singaporean identity has emerged. As a result, the once strict artificial differences required for the corporatist narrative to be believable, that is, its narrative rationality, are being gradually eroded. The People's Action Party (PAP) will have to either repair the narrative rationality of corporatism or develop an alternative one that is more relevant in order to continue its narrative dominance of the political space in Singapore.

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“…Thus the production of knowledge about East Asian philosophies was implicitly linked to the state's attempts to naturalise, validate, and ironically reunite (Chinese) Singaporeans with a presumed moral and philosophical code. The failure of the Confucianism project in Singapore due to suspicions by other ethnic groups that the country was Sinicising has been fairly well documented (Chua 1995;Hong & Huang 2008). But as Edwin Lee reminds, this development also meant that the IEAP lost much of its legitimacy as well (2008: 542).…”

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Singapore in global history

2012

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Terms of use: This document is made available under Deposit Licence (No Redistribution -no modifications). We grant a non-exclusive, nontransferable, individual and limited right to using this document. This document is solely intended for your personal, noncommercial use. All of the copies of this documents must retain all copyright information and other information regarding legal protection. You are not allowed to alter this document in anyway, to copy it for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the document in public, to perform, distribute or otherwise use the document in public. By using this particular document, you accept the above-stated conditions of use. ingapore in lobal Histo Edited by Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied Singapore in Global HistorySingapore in Global History P u b l i c at i o n s S e r i e s All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owners and the authors of the book. General Editor Paul van der Velde Publications Officer Martina van den Haak Table of ContentsList of Tables and Illustrations 7 Foreword 9 List of Tables Table 6.1 The distribution of Chinese sub-ethnic groups in Southeast Asia 116 Table 6.2 Importers and wholesalers of Japanese shoes in Singapore 124 Table 6.3Chinese textile wholesalers and retailers dealing in Japanese cotton cloth, sarong and rayon in Singapore, 1933 126 List of Illustrations List of Tables and IllustrationsThe basic premise of this volume of articles is that there is a need to respond to the challenge issued by Jerry Bentley -one of the pioneers of the now well-established field of 'World History' -for historians to attempt both to 'globalize history' and to 'historicize globalization'. Though directed at historians, it is a challenge that raises broader questions about the interplay between the global and the local in all fields of endeavour. While the joint editors of this volume are both historians, the contributions are from specialists in history, political science, international relations, sociology, literature, art history and architecture, all of whom address this issue to a greater or lesser degree with regard to Singapore. A major aim of the contributors was to emphasise the contribution of the 'local' to the 'global'. Since the late 1990s there has been a proliferation of studies on Singapore.1 Initially, these works were written by non-professional historians and government bodies responding to the government's call as part of the official 1997 launching of the National Education Programme, which was intended to educate the people about the struggles that led to the success story that was Singapore's. The response included publications on the "Singapore Story", especially the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew and biographies of other political fi...

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Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore

Cited by 206 publications

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Lifelong learning, income inequality and social mobility in Singapore

Lifelong learning, income inequality and social mobility in Singapore

Immigration and the National Narrative: Rethinking Corporatism in Singapore

Singapore in global history

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