The politics of civil society in singapore
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"The politics of civil society in si..." refers background in this paper
...Auto-regulation, as a disciplinary tactic to ensure a panoptical, and thus automatic, functioning of power and control (Foucault 1977), enables the formation and operation of what I call “gestural politics” in Singapore....
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...Auto-regulation, as a disciplinary tactic to ensure a panoptical, and thus automatic, functioning of power and control (Foucault 1977), enables the formation and operation of what I call "gestural politics" in Singapore....
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...After all, most Singaporeans are well aware of their ‘‘rightful” place in a society that demands utility via docility (a la Foucault 1977)....
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...The third is a © Asian Studies Association of Australia 2002. situation of full participation, where each individual in a decision-making body is accorded equal power to determine the outcome of decisions (Pateman 1970, 70–71)....
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...The early work of Carole Pateman, better known for her groundbreaking feminist work The Sexual Contract (1988), stresses political participation as a foundation of democracy (Pateman 1970)....
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...As Pateman points out, “participation must be participation in something”, meaning that one is either a participant in the role and method of decision-making or a recipient who “participates” in a decision that has already been made (Pateman 1970, 68)....
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...Interestingly, this definition of “active citizenship” draws upon all three of the levels of political participation put forth by Pateman (1970)....
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...In this model, no participation in decision-making actually takes place; rather, a feeling of participation is created using what Pateman calls “a technique of persuasion” (Pateman 1970, 69)....
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