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The politics of civil society in singapore
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Yeo as mentioned in this paper defines the Singapore idea as "both the heart and the mind" which involves good governance, civic responsibility, honesty, strong families, hard work, a spirit of voluntarism, the use of many languages and a deep respect for racil and religious diversity.Abstract:
We are bound together by the Singapore idea but it is not easy to define what exactly constitutes it. It involves both the heart and the mind, and probably includes aspects like good governance, civic responsibility, honesty, strong families, hard work, a spirit of voluntarism, the use of many languages and a deep respect for racil and religious diversity. George Yeo, as Singapore's Minister of Information and the Arts (Yeo 2000, 25).read more
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Considering "Green" Practices: NGOs and Singapore's Emergent Environmental-Political Landscape
TL;DR: This paper argued that NGO volunteers' practices create distinct political spaces that embody desires to reconnect with, and imagine "another" Singapore into the future, and that NGO interactions with the state and government are replete with double-edged ambiguities.
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Female circumcision in multicultural Singapore: The hidden cut
TL;DR: The present article focuses on the reasons for the practice remaining hidden and undiscussed in Singapore, so much so that some respondents did not know that they had been circumcised.
Online media and civil society in the 'new' singapore
TL;DR: Lee et al. as mentioned in this paper considered draft publications for critical comments by colleagues and will generally be expected to be published elsewhere in a more polished form after a period of critical engagement and revision.
The economics and politics of 'creativity' in Singapore
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TL;DR: The Creative Industries Working Group (CIWG) of the Economic Review Committee (ERC), a government-appointed high-level body tasked with identifying future economic growth sectors and opportunities for Singapore, unveiled its report entitled Creative Industries Development Strategy: Propelling Singapore's Creative Economy as discussed by the authors, which aims to encourage risk-taking and entrepreneurship, and attract creative 'talents' to set up shop in Singapore.
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Selling Security: The War on Terrorism and the Internal Security Act of Singapore
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that despite the ISA's seeming importance in the fight against terrorism, the absence of explicit definitions of national security threats, either in the Act itself, or in accompanying legislation, renders the IsA susceptible to political misuse.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Anderson examines the creation and global spread of the 'imagined communities' of nationality and explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialisation of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of vernacular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time.
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Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism
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Participation and democratic theory
TL;DR: In this article, the sence of political efficacy and participation in the workplace is discussed. But it is not discussed in detail, and the authors do not discuss the role of workers' self-management in this process.