Developing an analytical framework on social cohesion in Singapore : reflections from the framing of social cohesion debates in the OECD and Europe

• Main Author: Hassan, Nurhidayah
• Other Authors: EU Centre in Singapore
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103877; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19392
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Official discourse in Singapore on social cohesion is often framed along the broad parameters of achieving racial and religious harmony. Many policies – formal and informal – and several laws evolved to manage these two aspects of society. Yet, as Singapore developed and with a much more complex so...