Discontent in the world city of Singapore

• Main Authors: TAN, Gordon, POON, Jessie P. H., WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: CECA; discontent; globalisation; ‘left behind’; world cities; Singapore; Asian Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/162; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1161/viewcontent/Discontent_Singapore_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A burgeoning literature on ‘left behind’ places has emerged that captures the backlash against globalisation and highlights the locales that lag world cities. This paper integrates the ‘left behind’ and world cities literatures through the lens of discontent in the context of Singapore, using sentim...