Neoliberal Welfare Policy Reforms and Trust: Connecting the Dots

Güemes, Cecilia

doi:10.1080/13260219.2017.1298825

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“…This analysis suggests that neoliberalism, trust and responsibilisation simultaneously exist and interrelate in Singaporethough, it seems, not in ways typically conveyed in Anglo-American literature (e.g. Güemes, 2017). We have demonstrated several ways in which the out-workings of these logics in the paternalistic 'strong' state of Singapore are unique to Singapore's socio-political context.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…However, 'neoliberal' institutional practices have been linked to the weakening of political trust and other forms of interpersonal trust. 'Neoliberal' practices are understood as creating feelings of distance, disenfranchisement and distrust, particularly between state institutions and ethnic minority, lowincome groups (Güemes 2017;Ule, Živoder, and du Bois-Reymond 2015), who are especially vulnerable to the inequalities generated through neoliberal policy reform. 'Neoliberalism' is a term that is often used, yet often unclearly demarcated.…”

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Building trust: how low-income parents navigate neoliberalism in Singapore’s education system

Chiong

Dimmock

2020

Comparative Education

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Building Trust: How low-income parents navigate neoliberalism in Singapore's education system Singapore is described as a hybrid neoliberal-developmental state. While politicians have, since the city-state's independence, exercised 'strong' ideological leadership over Singapore's economy and society, including educationthere are simultaneously aspects of 'neoliberal' logics in Singapore's education system: extensive school choice and streaming, academic competition and the self-responsibilising meritocratic ethos.Literature on the nature and effects of neoliberalism typically depicts rising inequalities and families' growing anxieties, due to competition and self-responsibilisation. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this article explores how a group of low-income Malay parents navigate two aspects of institutionalised neoliberalism: (1) responsibilisation of young people within a meritocratic regime, (2) responsibilisation of parents as stakeholders in an increasingly complex education landscape. We find that while families internalise responsibilisationprofound trust in the state remains. Empirical particularities are drawn upon to understand how a socio-politically-constituted 'architecture of trust' between state and low-income parents is built, and its implications on families' lives.

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confidence: 61%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%