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SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES 2013 - GOVERNANCE

English · Paperback / Softback

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This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on 'governance' or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors in Singapore and how it might evolve over the next decade. Its first section looks at how Singapore's political history has shaped today's political institutions and culture and why these might change. Three scenarios of Singapore's political future are proffered. The authors argue how there are and must be nevertheless some fundamental values that underpin Singapore's governance system that are unchanging.
In the second section, the authors discuss how the relationship among the key elements of the governance equation have changed to adapt to current conditions, and must continue to change to respond to internal demands and external conditions. The first paper describes how the relationship between government and business, or state and market have adapted to achieve strategic national imperatives but also to ensure that citizens benefit from the most efficient and effective ways of providing important public goods. The second paper argues for institutionalised dissent and policy experimentation as disciplines needed in the public sector to make it innovative and resilient.
The third section offers views on emerging trends in political culture and the relationship between the government and civil society, business and other political parties. These are based on findings of an IPS survey, and opinions of civic leaders and a leader of the political opposition in Singapore.
The final section comprises an edited transcript of a dialogue session with the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong on the same theme of 'governance'.
The authors are thought-leaders and political leaders in Singapore. This book serves as a pathfinder to emerging political trends in the country.

List of contents

Foreword (Janadas Devan); The Residual (Chan Heng Chee and Kishore Mahbubani); The Dominant (Lawrence Wong and Donald Low); The Emergent (Gillian Koh, Nizam Ismail, Sylvia Lim and Lee Tzu Yang).

Product details

Authors Gillian Koh, Gillian Koh
Assisted by Gillian Koh (Editor)
Publisher Wsp/other Publr
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 18.10.2013
 
EAN 9789814520744
ISBN 978-981-4520-74-4
No. of pages 118
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 7 mm
Weight 184 g
Series Singapore Perspectives
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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