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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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Out of their comfort zone : student reactions to cultural challenges while travel writing
TL;DR: This paper used content analysis of travel articles written by mainly Singaporean journalism students on two travel-writing practicums in Southeast Asia, to examine choice of topic: the role of the travel writer as commentator and intermediary and the representation of the 'other' country for consumption by a 'home' audience.
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New digital realities and old public service broadcasting models – the case of public access and participation in Singapore’s televisual landscape:
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Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power
TL;DR: The authors in this article argue that Singapore is simultaneously a small post-colonized multicultural nation state and a cosmopolitan global city, and that the state takes the lead in authoring the national narrative.
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Can Civil Society Safeguard Rights in Asia
TL;DR: As the Cold War waned, civil society came to be regarded as the domain that made democracy work as mentioned in this paper. But optimism and attention nevertheless faded as new democracies failed to thrive.
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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.