Title
Year
Author
"Let Raffles stand where he stands today": a symbol of the colonial in Singapore during the Cold War
"Let Raffles stand where he stands today": a symbol of the colonial in Singapore during the Cold War
"Let Raffles stand where he stands today": a symbol of the colonial in Singapore during the Cold War
2021
Chan, Ying-kit
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Chan, Ying-kit |
Editor |
Hon, Tze-Ki |
Title |
"Let Raffles stand where he stands today": a symbol of the colonial in Singapore during the Cold War |
Source Title | Cold War Cities: The Politics of Space in Europe and Asia during the 1950s |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Publisher | London: Routledge |
DOI |
https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429058844 |
Subject |
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir -- Statues Singapore -- History -- 20th century |
Page | 148-170 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book Chapter |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Abstract |
Singapore was a product of Cold War geopolitics. A city otherwise replete with commemorations of colonial rule and colonial wars when it was a part of British Malaya, Singapore has neither a Cold War museum nor a monument that specifies its role or position during the Cold War. By asserting that Singapore is as much a Cold War city as it is a global city, as is commonly suggested in the existing scholarship, this article highlights the salience of Cold War thinking in the minds and actions of leaders and ordinary citizens in postcolonial Singapore. The article uses the Raffles statue, a local memorial site, as a lens to examine Singapore’s responses to global geopolitics during and after the Cold War. It focuses on the public discussion on the historical significance of the Raffles statue and suggests that during the Cold War, the statue acquired an economic importance for attracting foreign investments and tourists. After the Cold War, geopolitical tensions eased, and the economic and geopolitical value of the statue diminished. The debate about colonial symbolism returned, and Singaporeans questioned the validity of letting Raffles stand where he stands today. |
“Asian values”, Singapore, and the third way: re-working individualism and collectivism
“Asian values”, Singapore, and the third way: re-working individualism and collectivism
1999
Wee, C. J. W.-L.
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Wee, C. J. W.-L. |
Title |
“Asian values”, Singapore, and the third way: re-working individualism and collectivism |
Source Title | Sojourn |
Publication Date | 1999 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/41057000 |
Call Number | HN763.5 SSA |
Subject |
Individualism -- Singapore Collectivism -- Singapore |
Page | 332-358 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 2 |
(Not) democratising through strength: core beliefs and the institutions of Singapore’s People’s Action Party
(Not) democratising through strength: core beliefs and the institutions of Singapore’s People’s Action Party
2022
Lee, Terence
Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Lee, Terence Walid Jumblatt Abdullah |
Title |
(Not) democratising through strength: core beliefs and the institutions of Singapore’s People’s Action Party |
Source Title | Contemporary Politics |
Publication Date | 2022 |
DOI |
https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2022.2059830 |
Subject |
People's Action Party (Singapore) Political parties -- Singapore Democracy -- Singapore |
Page | 587-610 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 5 |
Abstract |
How and under what conditions do autocratic parties democratise through strength'? Prior scholarship suggests that authoritarian parties embrace political liberalisation when there are warnings of their decline. However, Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP) has not ‘conceded-to-thrive’ despite seemingly waning dominance. This paper explains why autocratic parties resist democratisation. Drawing from historical and sociological institutionalism, we examine how established ideas, serving as cognitive filters through which governing elites interpret their environment, become codified in formal institutions. Specifically, we argue how governments respond to political challenges depend on the ‘stickiness’ of the normative foundations of authoritarianism and their manifestations in state institutions. We uncover the ideational and historical contexts of authoritarian institutions and show how they are translated into laws, policies and practices. Using the case of PAP, we consider the microlevel origins and institutional persistence of oneparty dominance and explain how these normative foundations and its subsequent institutionalisation impede political change. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
1980 Singapore general elections
1980 Singapore general elections
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Tan, Chiaw Meng |
Title |
1980 Singapore general elections |
Publication Date | 1982 |
Call Number | JA36 *1982 11 |
Subject |
Elections -- Singapore Political parties -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and governmen |
Page | 159 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Dissertation/Thesis |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
Academic exercise -- Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore |
1987: Singapore's Marxist conspiracy 30 years on
1987: Singapore's Marxist conspiracy 30 years on
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Chng, Suan Tze Low, Yit Leng Teo, Soh Lung |
Title |
1987: Singapore's Marxist conspiracy 30 years on |
Publication Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Singapore: Function 8 Limited |
Call Number | DS599.5 Sin 2017 |
Subject |
Political prisoners -- Singapore -- Biography Detention of persons -- Singapore Political prisoners -- Civil rights -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1965-1990 |
Page | 300 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Has Version |
Second edition |
Description |
Survivors of Operation Spectrum - the alleged Marxist conspiracy - speak up in this volume. For many of them, this is the first time that they cast their minds back to 1987 and try to make sense of the incident. What they did in that period was meaningful and totally legitimate. Their families and friends share the same view. The detainees were subjected to ill-treatment, humiliation, and manipulated television appearances. Under duress, and threatened with indefinite imprisonment without trial, they had to make statutory declarations against their will. It is hoped that with this publication, Singaporeans will know what actually happened and decide for themselves if there was a national security threat that necessitated the mounting of Operation Spectrum. |
A citizen's guide to government and politics in Singapore
A citizen's guide to government and politics in Singapore
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Vasil, Raj K. |
Title |
A citizen's guide to government and politics in Singapore |
Publication Date | 2004 |
Publisher | Singapore : Talisman Publishing |
Call Number | JQ729 Vas 2004 |
Subject |
Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1963-1965 Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1965-1990 Political parties -- Singapore Singapore -- Ethnic relations Multiculturalism -- Government policy -- Singapore |
Page | 188 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
A thematic handbook that guides the user throught the political developments in Singapore from crown colony to independent state |
A communitarian critique of authoritarianism: the case of Singapore
A communitarian critique of authoritarianism: the case of Singapore
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Bell, Daniel A. |
Title |
A communitarian critique of authoritarianism: the case of Singapore |
Source Title | Political Theory |
Publication Date | 1997 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0090591797025001002 |
Call Number | JA1 PT |
Subject |
Communitarianism -- Singapore Authoritarianism -- Singapore Democracy -- Singapore Patriotism -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and government Lee, Kuan Yew |
Page | 6-32 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1 |
Description |
An imaginary dialogue on the pros and cons of democracy in Singapore between Lee Kuan Yew and a Western democrat |
A critical reading of Singapore and the Singapore pledge
A critical reading of Singapore and the Singapore pledge
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Lim, Leroy Leng |
Title |
A critical reading of Singapore and the Singapore pledge |
Publication Date | 1990 |
Call Number | JC328 Lim |
Subject |
Loyalty oaths -- Singapore Allegiance -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and government |
Page | 166 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Dissertation/Thesis |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
Academic exercise -- Faculty of Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University |
A history of human rights society in Singapore, 1965-2015
A history of human rights society in Singapore, 1965-2015
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Editor |
Song, Jiyoung |
Title |
A history of human rights society in Singapore, 1965-2015 |
Publication Date | 2017 |
Publisher | London ; New York: Routledge |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315527413 |
Call Number | JC599.12 His 2017 |
Subject |
Human rights -- Singapore -- History Human rights workers -- Singapore -- History |
Page | xviii, 191 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
To celebrate Singapore’s fiftieth anniversary for its independence from Malaysia in 2015, 35 students, academics and activists came together to discuss and write about pioneering Singaporean human rights activists and their under-reported stories in Singapore. The city-state is known for its remarkable economic success while having strict laws on individual freedom in the name of national security, public order and racial harmony. Singapore’s tough stance on human rights, however, does not negate the long and persistent existence of a human rights society that is little known to the world until today. This volume, composed of nine distinctive chapters, records a history of human rights activists, their campaigns, main contentions with the government, survival strategies and other untold stories in Singapore’s first 50 years of state-building. |
A model of community policing: the Singapore story
A model of community policing: the Singapore story
Collection | Government & Politics |
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Author/Creator |
Bayley, David H. |
Title |
A model of community policing: the Singapore story |
Publication Date | 1989 |
Publisher | Washington, DC : National Institute of Justice |
Call Number | HV8265.12 Bay |
Subject |
Police -- Singapore Community policing -- Singapore |
Page | 35 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
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