SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from October 2005

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from October 2005

Moving beyond the OB markers: rethinking the space of civil society in Singapore.(out of bounds)
October 1, 2005... In January 2004, prior to his appointment as Singapore's third Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong gave a landmark speech to the Harvard Club of Singapore in which he outlined a new style of state-society relations. Claiming that "I have no doubt...

Gestural politics: civil society in "new" Singapore.
October 1, 2005... The study of civil society in Singapore is an academic field attracting significant interest and analysis. It is commonly recognized as an important element in a vibrant and innovative society. Citizen participation in the policy process also...

Considering "green" practices: NGOs and Singapore's emergent environmental-political landscape.(non-governmental organizations )
October 1, 2005... In his 2004 inaugural speech Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed a desire and intention to make Singapore a more "open" society. Often typified as an authoritarian state, Singapore has in the past been noted for its dearth of...

International NGOs: filling the "gap" in Singapore's civil society.
October 1, 2005... When Reporters Sans Frontieres (1) (RSF) released their annual worldwide Press Freedom Index in 2004, putting Singapore near the bottom of the rung at 147 out of 167 countries, it made local news only because the People's Action Party (PAP)...

Transient workers count too? The intersection of citizenship and gender in Singapore's civil society.(The Working Committee 2)
October 1, 2005... I look forward to working together with all Singaporeans and with a broad spectrum of civic groups to grow our civic society, strengthen our sense of pride and ownership, and draw us closer together as one people. But remember that unity, pride...

State-civil society relations and tourism: Singaporeanizing tourists, touristifying Singapore.
October 1, 2005... At the height of the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore in 2003, Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots belonging to the Air Line Pilots Association of Singapore (Alpa-S) criticized their union's leaders for giving...

Civil society in Singapore: popular discourses and concepts.
October 1, 2005... The character of a civil society is largely dependent on contemporary political conditions, the nature of the state, and the manner of society-state relations, thus infusing the term with a hermeneutic instability that is reflected in the...