We Are Not the Enemy: The Practice of Advocacy in Singapore
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Advocates and activists in Singapore contribute to policy discussions and positive change through a combination of deft manoeuvres and patient politics. Yet civil society is often unacknowledged, their skill and labour instead frequently misunderstood, even earning them the label of “troublemakers” or “enemies of the state”.
This collection of essays and interviews is a candid reflection on the intentions, beliefs and strategies behind the practice of advocacy across a spectrum of causes. The contributors come from varying backgrounds and include academics, artists, lawyers, journalists, non-profit and advocacy organisations, student and community organisers. They share practical insights into their aims and community-building work, and the tactics they employ to overcome obstacles, shedding light on how to navigate a city-state with shifting socio-political fault lines and out-of-bound markers.
With an introduction, “It is Time to Trim the Banyan Tree”, by Constance Singam, and a conclusion, “Their Struggle is Ours to Continue”, by Suraendher Kumarr.
Cherian George, born in Singapore in 1965, is a journalist-turned-academic who has written on Singapore politics for 30 years. After studying social and political sciences at Cambridge and journalism at Columbia, he spent the 1990s working at The Straits Times. He received his PhD in communication at Stanford in 2003 and is currently a professor of media studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. He researches media freedom, censorship, and hate propaganda in Asia and around the world. His nine books include Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy (MIT Press), which was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 Best Books of 2016.
| Autor: | Cherian George, Kok Hoe Ng, Thirunalan Sasitharan, Carol Yuen, Daryl Yang, Haolie Jiang, Joel Yew, R |
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| EAN: | 9789811885419 |
| eBook Format: | ePUB |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.03.2024 |
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| Schlagworte: | 377A Advocates Disability Dissent Essays LGBTQ LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ rights LGBTQI+ LGBTQI+ advocacy LGBTQI+ issues LGBTQ issues Nonfiction Repeal 377A Singapore Social Movements Student Activism activists civil society policy discussions |
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