Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore

This paper examines Singapore's innovations in electoral and spatial integration. In examining the Group Representation Constituency and the Ethnic Integration Policy, a critique is made of the official discourse that multiracialism is internalized and entrenched in Singapore's political p...

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Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-13592017-11-17T06:29:44Z Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore TAN, Eugene K. B. This paper examines Singapore's innovations in electoral and spatial integration. In examining the Group Representation Constituency and the Ethnic Integration Policy, a critique is made of the official discourse that multiracialism is internalized and entrenched in Singapore's political psyche and electoral process. While the electoral and spatial integration policies are driven by the objective of enhancing multiracialism, their actual workings do not adequately advance the development of norms and values that would be truly supportive of the need for a multiracial legislature and an abiding commitment to multiracialism. The layering of the electoral system with other political objectives, such as administrative decentralization and ensuring the continued dominance of the ruling party, has undermined the effectiveness of electoral and spatial integration. 2007-06-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/360 info:doi/10.1080/17449050500348659 https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma996222802601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,The%20Ethnopolitics%20of%20Elections&offset=0 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Law and Politics Race and Ethnicity Religion Law
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Law and Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Religion Law
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Law and Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Religion Law
TAN, Eugene K. B.
Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
description This paper examines Singapore's innovations in electoral and spatial integration. In examining the Group Representation Constituency and the Ethnic Integration Policy, a critique is made of the official discourse that multiracialism is internalized and entrenched in Singapore's political psyche and electoral process. While the electoral and spatial integration policies are driven by the objective of enhancing multiracialism, their actual workings do not adequately advance the development of norms and values that would be truly supportive of the need for a multiracial legislature and an abiding commitment to multiracialism. The layering of the electoral system with other political objectives, such as administrative decentralization and ensuring the continued dominance of the ruling party, has undermined the effectiveness of electoral and spatial integration.
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title Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
title_short Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
title_full Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
title_fullStr Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore
title_sort multiracialism engineered: the limits of electoral and spatial integration in singapore
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2007
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/360
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