Civil Society and the State in Singapore

ISBN-13: 9781786342461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 340 str.

Gillian Koh; Carol Soon

Opis

Set within the context of rising political pluralism among the citizenry, bold ground-up conflict between the governing and the governed, and increasing adoption of the Internet and new media, the Institute of Policy Studies organised a Civil Society Conference on 11 November 2013. This collection provides a nuanced analysis of Singapore civil society's development over more than a decade and combines insights from experts from different domains, and sets out an agenda for the further development.The first section discusses the different approaches and philosophies that underpin civil society — engagement, collaboration, and ideological tensions. The second section examines change agents — technology, people, and politics — and their impact on civil society. The third section explores the future of civil society, in the areas of the non-profit sector, civic education, youth activism, legislation, and finally, ethnicity. The book provides the state-of-play in the civil society landscape and this should be of interest to watchers of political development in a soft authoritarian polity making its transition towards greater democratisation.