Agathe Errabunda’s Reviews > Singapore: The Air-conditioned Nation. Essays on the Politics of Comfort and Control, 1990-2000 > Status Update
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Depolitization of society weaponized to maintain control (as long as economic growth and material comfort are maintained).
— Dec 11, 2025 02:37PM
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Agathe Errabunda
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Section 4 - Culture
- Race relations and the specter of “Chinese dominance” over minorities
- Americanization of Singaporeans (culture seen as a free market like any other industry - George points out protectionist policies might be helpful in building up Singaporean identity and preserving heritage)
— Dec 11, 2025 01:43PM
- Race relations and the specter of “Chinese dominance” over minorities
- Americanization of Singaporeans (culture seen as a free market like any other industry - George points out protectionist policies might be helpful in building up Singaporean identity and preserving heritage)
Agathe Errabunda
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Section 3 : Civil society in Singapore
- How NGOs adapt and operate
- How the government succeeds in attracting talent and therefore maintaining adhesion to its policies (less tempting for competent people to join opposition parties when the ruling institutions propose stimulating and advantageous positions)
— Dec 11, 2025 01:42PM
- How NGOs adapt and operate
- How the government succeeds in attracting talent and therefore maintaining adhesion to its policies (less tempting for competent people to join opposition parties when the ruling institutions propose stimulating and advantageous positions)
Agathe Errabunda
is on page 69 of 223
Chapter 5 - The media in Singapore / censorship
“Freedom from the press : in Singapore, the government, who embodies the popular will, must be protected from the unelected press which is prone to be swayed by private interests or the hubris of journalists.”
— Dec 02, 2025 01:53PM
“Freedom from the press : in Singapore, the government, who embodies the popular will, must be protected from the unelected press which is prone to be swayed by private interests or the hubris of journalists.”
Agathe Errabunda
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Chapter 3 - Singapore school of thought about Asian liberalism vs western vision of liberal democracy
— Dec 02, 2025 01:51PM
