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  • We Are Not the Enemy: The Practice of Advocacy in Singapore

    by Cherian George, Kok Hoe Ng, Thirunalan Sasitharan, Carol Yuen, Daryl Yang, Haolie Jiang, Joel Yew, Remy Choo, Kirsten Han, Isaac Neo, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Alfian Sa'at, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Irie Aman, Reetaza Chatterjee, Kenneth Paul Tan, Corinna Lim, Alex Au, Suraendher Kumarr ...
    Advocates and activists in Singapore contribute to policy discussions and positive change through a combination of deft manoeuvres and patient politics. Yet civil society is often unacknowledged, their skill and labour instead frequently misunderstood, even earning them the label of “troublemakers” or “enemies of the state”.This collection of essays and interviews is a candid reflection on the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Taking Up Space

    The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change

    by Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi ...
    'Brilliant' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIE'Essential' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER'Hugely important' PAULA AKPAN____________________________As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote Taking Up Space as a guide a... ... Read more

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  • The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope

    by Kirsten Han ...
    Singapore is small, a complex country full of contradictions, inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies. Often held up as a model nation, we sometimes forget that Singapore is seen differently by different people. With a decade of activism and journalism experience, Kirsten Han reveals various aspects of her home country that don’t follow what many of us know as the conventional ‘Singapore Story’. The ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • How Change Happens

    by Duncan Green ...
    Human society is full of would-be 'change agents', a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with respect. ... Read more

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  • Lean Out

    by Dawn Foster ...
    Sheryl Sandberg’s business advice book, Lean In, was heralded as a defining moment in attitudes to women in business. But for all its commercial success, it proposed a model of feminism that was individualistic and unthreatening to capital.In her powerful debut work Lean Out, acclaimed journalist Dawn Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of Sandberg’s book neatly exempts patriarchy, ... Read more

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  • Lee Kuan Yew School Of Public Policy: Building A Global Policy School In Asia

    by Kishore Mahbubani, Stavros N Yiannouka, Astrid S Tuminez, Scott A Fritzen, Kenneth Paul Tan ...
    In an industry of higher education that measures the longevity of its leading institutions in decades and centuries, the establishment and rapid growth of the eight-year-old Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), National University of Singapore, is a remarkable story that deserves to be told. The five co-authors, all of whom were involved in guiding the School during its formative ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Art of Public Strategy

    Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

    by Geoff Mulgan ...
    The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian economy in the 1990s, or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. This book is ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • The Art of Advocacy in Singapore

    Edited by Constance Singam, Margaret Thomas ...
    Advocacy is a tricky pursuit in Singapore. Your motives can be questioned, your activities monitored, and your scope for action limited. Despite the constraints, civil society activists have persisted, finding ways to pursue their cause and to try to bring about the changes they believe important for Singapore.In 2013 a small group of civil society stalwarts set out to acknowledge the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The New Synthesis of Public Administration Fieldbook

    by Jocelyne Bourgon ...
    The New Synthesis (NS) brings together the role of government, people and society in a co-dependent and dynamic governing system. The purpose is to invent new solutions and build a better future - together. One thousand participants have been involved in some ways in the NS Initiativein the period between 2012-2015. One thousand journeys of discovery have been unfolding since. This second NS book ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Wasted

    How Misunderstanding Young Britain Threatens Our Future

    by Georgia Gould ...
    Young people growing up in Britain today face a narrowing job market, high housing costs and the prospect of a lifetime of hard work with less reward. The ideas of social responsibility that arose after the Second World War are straining under the demands of a globalised world.Too often public debate divides Britain's youth into the 'feral rats' of the London riots and the 'posh boys' of Eton. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Social Context, Policies, And Changes In Singapore: Beyond The First 50 Years

    by Intan Azura Mokhtar, Yaacob Ibrahim ...
    This book is a collection of essays by thought and advocacy leaders, policymakers, and academics in Singapore who have been and are in positions of influence in shaping social policies, and hence the social context, in the country. These essays are meant to initiate discussion, promote debate and broaden understanding of the social issues at play, the challenges faced, and the trade-offs involved ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • A World Without Racism

    Building Antiracist Futures

    Edited by Joshua Virasami ...
    What is antiracist activism? And how do we organise for power around antiracist principles? In this groundbreaking collection, long-time activist Joshua Virasami gathers the voices of some of our most inspirational organisers, thinkers and collectives.A World Without Racism offers a set of clear-eyed, radical and accessible principles and strategies for building working-class power through ... Read more

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