From citizen-duty to state-responsibility : globalization and nationhood in Singapore

• Main Author: Sun, Shirley Hsiao-Li
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology; DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100256; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17662
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores how nationhood is being affected by the contemporary processes of globalization. Through the lens of Robertson’s theory of the global field, I analyze documentary data and fieldwork data collected from 165 in-depth personal interviews and 39 focus-group discussions in the globali...