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Self-Censorship: Singapore’s Shame (2nd edition) – with double the SHAME |
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |
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It has been ten years since I wrote and self-published Self-Censorship: Singapore`s Shame in 1999. Then in 1999, I printed 1000 copies and then soon after in two months another 2000 as demand was quick and brisk. Self-Censorship: Singapore`s Shame has been out of stock for quite a few years now. All copies have since been sold out, mostly through local bookshops, in spite of the initial (pardon the pun), self-censorship.
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Democracy promotion in Asia: emerging policy trends |
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |
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This paper seeks to expand research knowledge on democracy promotion activities in Asia. Currently several Asian governments are involved in democracy promotion initiatives at the international, regional and national level are underway. However, very little is known about the scope, range and effectiveness of such activities. This paper provides an initial overview of Asian governmental involvement in democracy promotion initiatives starting from the late 1980s. The research undertaken in the paper shows that the number of Asian governments involved in democracy promotion is small and their scope limited. The emerging trends point to a need to diversify and increase democracy promotion stakeholders in the region through the creation of an active Asian lobby. This article was written as part of my fellowship at Keio University, it will be published in the Keio Journal of Politics No. 14 in April 2009. |
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Online Civil Disobedience in Singapore |
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 |
That there has been online civil disobedience is a fact. Vivid evidence of it has been present with the blog positing of articles and rally pictures in particular during GE 2006.
Yet during the Institute of Policy Studies forum “Getting Their Hands Dirty: Recent Developments in Singapore’s Political Blogosphere” on 4 March 2006, its researchers, in particular Ms Tan Simin, went out of the way to persuade the audience present that what we have now in Singapore is “online civic participation”.
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