The politics of civil society in Singapore

Lee, Terence

doi:10.1080/10357820208713332

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“…49. On the topic of OB markers, see Chua, 2003;Koh and Ooi 2004;and Lee 2002. In an informal interview, a TWC2 executive committee member noted that "TWC2's activism is not creative because [they] are often too afraid of overstepping the OB markers."…”

Section: Yee and Lyons / Migrant Rights Inmentioning

confidence: 97%

Migrant Rights in Singapore

Lyons¹,

Yee²

2009

Critical Asian Studies

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Section: Yee and Lyons / Migrant Rights Inmentioning

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Migrant Rights in Singapore

Lyons¹,

Yee²

2009

Critical Asian Studies

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“…As a young nation with a multi-racial population, the imperatives for nation-building and social stability have taken precedence over the need to democratise; Western models of development are dismissed as inappropriate in an environment purportedly based on a notion of shared 'Asian values', such as respect for family and deference to authority (Wong, 2001;Chua, 2002;Lee, 2002;Natarajan and Hao, 2003). With growing prosperity, however, there is an increasing awareness of the need to engender a mature and creative citizenry that participates in public arenas, though any move towards the emergence of a political civil society is still, at best, in nascent stages (Kuo and Ang, 2000;Lee, 2002;Birch and Phillips, 2003). At the same time, forces of modernisation and globalisation have rendered it increasingly difficult to isolate the domestic public sphere from shared global concerns, such as human rights, gender, ecology, development, terror and security (Kuo and Ang, 2000;George, 2002).…”

Section: Democratic Deepening and Contention: A New(s) Approachmentioning

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Television News in Singapore: Mediating Conflict and Consent

Cottle

Rai

2008

Asian J Soc Sci

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Singapore's television media, notwithstanding the island's economic successes, is widely considered to be tightly controlled and regulated by the government. The role of Singapore's television news in enabling or curtailing democratic processes, however, remains largely unnoticed and under-theorised. This article reports on recent research which secures added empirical purchase on Singapore's TV journalism today and does so by identifying, mapping and pursuing into the production domain the repertoire of communicative frames that differentially characterise contemporary TV news in Singapore. Our findings document that there is considerably more complexity in the ecology and communicative frames of TV news than has so far been acknowledged or explored and these complexities have direct bearing on debates about the mediation of conflict and consent in Singapore's brand of 'democracy'.

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“…Public discussion would seem to play only a small role in the process and open resistance to government actions in general is unusual in Singapore. Feedback may be invited, but is not always proffered or acted upon and civil society is at a nascent stage (Lee 2002). The original functions of the buildings under review can be broadly defined under the five main classes of commercial (shops, offices, hotels, entertainment venues and factories), official (government, military and public services including education), other non-commercial (social and charity), religious (places of worship and shrines) and residential (private homes).…”

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Understanding and using built heritage: Singapore’s national monuments and conservation areas

Henderson

2010

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Issues of heritage administration in the city state of Singapore are examined in the paper with specific reference to decisions about the designation of national monuments and conservation areas. The analysis reveals growing official interest in built heritage conservation for a combination of economic, socio-cultural and political motives. However, commitment is constrained by the importance attached to economic development objectives and there is an emphasis on maximising the commercial potential of old buildings through adaptive reuse.Questions are also raised about the meanings of national identity and nationhood and the challenges of selecting and preserving structures which embody these concepts in relatively young and rapidly modernising countries. IntroductionThis paper explores questions of heritage administration within the context of the city state of Singapore, a former British colony which celebrated 45 years as an independent republic in 2010. The focus is on official conservation policies and underlying agendas, evidenced by the designation of national monuments and conservation areas and changing usage. Built heritage emerges as perceived to have an important function in contemporary society, but there is some uncertainty about what exactly constitutes the nation's heritage and how it might best be conserved. There is an emphasis on adaptive reuse for commercial enterprises, but also tensions between development and conservation; the former tends to take precedence, raising doubts about whether an appropriate and sustainable relationship has been struck between the two forces.A case study was chosen as suitable for the purpose and is based on material in the public domain, supplemented by fieldwork observations. Details of national monuments and conservation areas produced by relevant agencies were especially useful and these organisations were also consulted about certain buildings, the fate of which was unclear. Examination of all conservation area properties was beyond the scope of the paper and the larger areas where there are multiple buildings were excluded from aspects of the evaluation. Central themes in research on heritage and its conservation, summarised in the opening literature review, represent the academic foundation for the paper and inform the approach adopted. While unique, the situation in Singapore affords insights into the problems confronting relatively young and rapidly modernising

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The politics of civil society in Singapore

Cited by 80 publications

References 11 publications

Migrant Rights in Singapore

Migrant Rights in Singapore

Television News in Singapore: Mediating Conflict and Consent

Understanding and using built heritage: Singapore’s national monuments and conservation areas

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