Singapore's Opposition Community - Grassroots Activists in the Concrete Jungle

James, K; Grant, BJ; Sim-Leung, JK

Singapore's Opposition Community - Grassroots Activists in the Concrete Jungle

James, K Grant, BJ

Sim-Leung, JK

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Publisher:: Kyoto University
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Southeast Asian Studies, 2013, 18 pp. 3 - 24 (22)
Issue Date:: 2013-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	James, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grant, BJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-6046	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sim-Leung, JK	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Southeast Asian Studies, 2013, 18 pp. 3 - 24 (22)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2186-7275	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/32956
dc.description.abstract	Based on data gained from qualitative research techniques, this paper presents and discusses the opinions of leading Singaporean oppositional grassroots activists about the state of play in Singaporean politics and civil society and likely developments over the next ten years. Our interviewees show that the Singaporean grassroots opposition activist community, while small, is passionate and committed to taking its country away from the right-wing authoritarian pathway. Those activists more interested in civil society and NGOs than contesting elections are eager to expand and deepen the civil society in Singapore. We also find that certain school-age opposition activists have already decided that the official establishment ideology, as taught in school textbooks, is not the reality of Singapore¿s history as they understand it. Activists will continue to focus on the income-inequality problem and human rights issues surrounding Article 377A of the Penal Code (which continues to make homosexual sexual acts between males illegal), the Internal Security Act (which allows detention without trial), and use of defamation suits by ruling-party politicians to bankrupt opposition party politicians and activists.	en_US
dc.publisher	Kyoto University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Southeast Asian Studies	en_US
dc.title	Singapore's Opposition Community - Grassroots Activists in the Concrete Jungle	en_US
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Abstract:

Based on data gained from qualitative research techniques, this paper presents and discusses the opinions of leading Singaporean oppositional grassroots activists about the state of play in Singaporean politics and civil society and likely developments over the next ten years. Our interviewees show that the Singaporean grassroots opposition activist community, while small, is passionate and committed to taking its country away from the right-wing authoritarian pathway. Those activists more interested in civil society and NGOs than contesting elections are eager to expand and deepen the civil society in Singapore. We also find that certain school-age opposition activists have already decided that the official establishment ideology, as taught in school textbooks, is not the reality of Singapore¿s history as they understand it. Activists will continue to focus on the income-inequality problem and human rights issues surrounding Article 377A of the Penal Code (which continues to make homosexual sexual acts between males illegal), the Internal Security Act (which allows detention without trial), and use of defamation suits by ruling-party politicians to bankrupt opposition party politicians and activists.

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