Singapore: Technocracy and transition

• Main Authors: DE VISSER, Maartje, STRAUGHAN, Paulin T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Singapore; Covid-19; pandemic; technocratic governance; social solidarity; migrant workers; government trust; socio-economic disparity; Asian Studies; Health Law and Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3634; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99456712502601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Covid-19%20in%20Asia:%20Law%20and%20policy%20contexts&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter describes Singapore’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government’s strategy revolved around the two poles of technocratic and expedient governance on the one hand and social solidarity, targeted at vulnerable or weaker segments of society, on the other. A crucial factor in implem...