Singapore Perspectives: Politics

PANG, Natalie was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) when she convened Singapore Perspectives 2020. She is currently Senior Lecturer at the Communications and New Media Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as well as Principal Investigator at the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community (CTIC).SHAMIL Zainuddin is a Research Associate in the Society and Culture Department at the Institute of Policy Studies. He specialises in applied ethnography. Above all, Shamil is most interested in carrying out the work to make every day easier for especially disadvantaged communities.

• Preface (Janadas Devan); Acknowledgements; Introduction (Natalie Pang and Shamil Zainuddin); Singapore, Together (Heng Swee Keat); Paths Taken:Introductory Remarks (Tan Tai Yong); The PAP: Past, Present and Future (Lam Peng Er); Singapore's Opposition: Surprises or More of the Same? (Zuraidah Ibrahim); Fatalism is Fatal for Small States (Bilahari Kausikan); New Forms and Movements:Introductory Remarks (Farish A Noor); Activism in Singapore in the Digital Age: Influencer Cultures, Meme Factories, and Networked Virality (Crystal Abidin); Lorongs of Wisdom (Cai Yinzhou); Removing Barriers, Excavating Potential from the Underserved (Carrie Tan); Creating and Uniting a Climate-Conscious Singapore (Nor Lastrina Hamid); Three Hypotheses on Keeping Singapore Going, Growing and Glowing (Chan Chun Sing); Key Moments of Q&A; About the Contributors;