LEADER 03559oam 2200493 450 001 9910824916303321 005 20190911112729.0 010 $a981-4520-75-6 035 $a(OCoLC)898079430 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8RDZ 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001168307 100 $a20141128h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSingapore perspectives 2013 $egovernance /$fedited by Gillian Koh, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore 210 1$aNew Jersey :$cWorld Scientific,$d[2013] 210 4$d?2013 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 101 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 0 $aSingapore Perspectives 225 0$aSingapore perspectives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4520-74-8 311 $a1-306-18322-7 327 $aContents; Preface Janadas Devan; Acknowledgements; Introduction Gillian Koh; Section 1: The Residual; Chapter 1 Governance in Singapore: History and Legacy Chan Heng Chee; INTRODUCTION; "SINGAPORE EXCEPTIONALISM"; SINGAPORE'S HISTORY AND LEGACY; POST 2011 GE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2 Three Scenarios for Singapore's Political Future Kishore Mahbubani; Section 2: The Dominant; Chapter 3 Governing in the Future - Together Lawrence Wong; INTRODUCTION; MERITOCRACY; MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT; ACTIVE CITIZENS AND STRONG COMMUNITY; LEADERSHIP; CONCLUSION 327 $aChapter 4 Sustaining Good Governance in an Era of Rapid and Disruptive Change Donald LowHOW IS OUR CONTEXT CHANGING?; THE RESILIENCE IMPERATIVE; BETTER INSTITUTIONS; REFORMING MERITOCRACY; Section 3: The Emergent; Chapter 5 The Emergent in Governance in Singapore Gillian Koh; TREND-SPOTTING; THE IPS PRISM PROJECT; THE IPS PRISM SURVEY; What is good governance?; Who provides what and to whom?; What is the role of the government? How should it provide its support?; Leadership and the Concept of the Vote; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 Civil Society in Singapore: Revisiting the Banyan Tree Nizam Ismail 327 $aChapter 7 The Role of Political Competition in Promoting Well-being Sylvia LimChapter 8 Emergent Issues and Questions Lee Tzu Yang; CAVEAT; FIRST DRIVING FORCE - CREDIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT; SECOND DRIVING FORCE - VALUE SYSTEMS; THIRD DRIVING FORCE - DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND REWARDS; BEYOND IPS PRISM; Section 4: Dialogue Session with the Prime Minister; About the Contributors 330 $aThis volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on 'governance' or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors in Singapore and how it might evolve over the next decade. Its first section looks at how Singapore's political history has shaped today's political institutions and culture and why these might change. Three scenarios of Singapore's political future are proffered. The authors argue how there are and m 410 0$aSingapore Perspectives 606 $aNationalism$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a320.95957 702 $aKoh$b Gillian 712 02$aInstitute of Policy Studies (Singapore) 712 12$aSingapore Perspectives (Conference) 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824916303321 996 $aSingapore perspectives 2013$94102787 997 $aUNINA