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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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Global corporate responsibility in domestic context: lateral decoupling and organizational responses to globalization
TL;DR: The authors examines how the domestic reception of global corporate responsibility is significantly shaped by institutionalized differences among state, business and civil society actors in the dome of the United States, and examines how these differences affect the acceptance of corporate responsibility in the US.
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A Contextual Critique of Critical Literacy: Freirean "Generative Themes" and Their Impact on Pedagogic Practice.
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Public discourses of stem cell science in Singapore (1997–2010)
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Towards a 'New Equilibrium': The economics and politics of the creative industries in Singapore
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 (CIwG, 2002), which was the first time the voguish concept of the "creative industries" had been publicly acknowledged and embraced in Singapore as mentioned in this paper.
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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.