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  • Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited: Essays on Singapore Politics

    de Cherian George ...
    "Think of Singapore instead as the Air-Conditioned Nation—a society with a unique blend of comfort and central control, where people have mastered their environment, but at the cost of individual autonomy, and at the risk of unsustainability."Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited is an anthology of essays on Singapore politics by Cherian George. It draws upon his influential collection Singapore: The ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Red Lines

    Political Cartoons and the Struggle against Censorship

    de Cherian George, Sonny Liew ...
    Series series Information Policy
    A lively graphic narrative reports on censorship of political cartoons around the world, featuring interviews with censored cartoonists from Pittsburgh to Beijing.Why do the powerful feel so threatened by political cartoons? Cartoons don't tell secrets or move markets. Yet, as Cherian George and Sonny Liew show us in Red Lines, cartoonists have been harassed, trolled, sued, fired, jailed, attacked ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • PAP v. PAP

    The Party’s Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore

    de Cherian George, Donald Low ...
    The 2020 General Election results have raised expectations that Singapore will transition to a more competitive democracy. But this is far from preordained. Nor is there a clear societal consensus that the city-state needs this amid a pandemic and its deepest economic crisis since independence.For now, the People’s Action Party still controls all the levers of power. With the opposition still not ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Fighting Polarisation

    Shared Communicative Spaces in Divided Democracies

    de Cherian George ...
    Polarisation seems to fix people in antagonistic us/them camps. But, around the world, there are groups of citizens who refuse to give up on the democratic promise of a larger ‘we’. Challenging received prejudices and resisting tribal appeals from political leaders and social media, they practise dialogue and deliberation to nurture reciprocal respect for difference.Guided by insights from ... Leer más

    $22.00 USD

  • Freedom from the Press

    Journalism and State Power in Singapore

    de Cherian George ...
    For several decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international anomaly, combining an advanced, open economy with restrictions on civil liberties and press freedom. Freedom from the Press analyses the republic’s media system, showing how it has been structured ”like the rest of the political framework” to provide maximum freedom of manœuvre for the People's Action Party (PAP) government ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Hate Spin

    The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy

    de Cherian George ...
    Series series Information Policy
    How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents.In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Media and Power in Southeast Asia

    de Cherian George, Gayathry Venkiteswaran ...
    Series series Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
    This study of Southeast Asian media and politics explores issues of global relevance pertaining to journalism's relationship with political power. It argues that the development of free, independent, and plural media has been complicated by trends towards commercialisation, digital platforms, and identity-based politics. These forces interact with state power in complex ways, opening up political ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Communicating with Power

    Edición de Cherian George ...
    Series Libro 4 - ICA International Communication Association Annual Conference Theme Book Series
    Communication is ubiquitous and information is abundant. Political and economic markets are more open than they have ever been. Yet, there is no escaping the fact that communication continues to flow across fields where power is distributed unevenly. This collection of articles analyzes and responds to asymmetries of power in a diversity of contexts. They are drawn from presentations at the 2016 ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • 威權政治之困境：新加坡未來政治想像

    de 施仁喬, Cherian George, 劉浩典, Donald Low ...
    Series Libro 5 - 亞細安
    未來新加坡執政黨會否開啟國家民主化新時代？旅港新加坡學者之城邦國家政治沉思錄　　• 新加坡的威權管治模式正處於何種困境？• 為何新加坡執政黨崇尚精英主義，卻會利用民粹主義，以應對社會聲音？• 為何新加坡執政黨需要主動開啟國家民主化新時代？後李光耀時代的新加坡政治，一直受各界注視。在二〇二〇年大選，新加坡人民行動黨依然贏得選舉，繼續執政，但其得票率下降約百分之十，反對黨所得國會議席數目增至歷史新高，共得十席。對於未來新加坡政治會有何種走向，各界分析未有定論。評論者間漸有的共識是，新加坡管治模式已現暗湧，人民行動黨政府需要變革，以應對新的國家政治氣候轉變。新加坡未來政治想像，可概分為兩類：第一類，以人民行動黨為中心；第二類，以新加坡社會為中心。《威權政治之困境——新加坡未來政治想像》的兩位作者、新加坡學者施仁喬（Cherian George）與劉浩典（Donald Low）主張前者 ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    PAP v PAP: The Party's struggle to adapt to a changing Singapore

    de Donald Low, Cherian George ...
    Narrado por Pam Oei ...

    Completo

    7 hora 17 minutos

    Singapore appears to be transitioning gradually to a more competitive and contentious democracy. For now, though, the People's Action Party still controls all the levers of power. The PAP's internal dynamics will be the primary determinant of its continued viability. This anthology of essays expands on one dimension of this inner struggle: between a conservative attachment to what worked in the ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD