Singapore Perspectives: Politics

by Natalie Pang (Editor ), Shamil Zainuddin (Editor )

As in other societies, Singapore's politics can be described either in terms of the political parties that have competed for power over the course of its history, or in terms of the citizens who have defined our polity and have driven our democratic processes. Naturally, as Singaporeans have become better informed and more engaged in fashioning their own future, the nature of the contest among the political parties has also shifted.

This book is a collection of speeches presented at Singapore Perspectives 2020 by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat, as well as Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing. It also features speeches and discussions by public intellectuals and civic leaders. Each speaker presents a perspective on their "experience" of politics, both in the traditional sense of elections and governance as well as beyond those formal structures.

136 pages

Published May 1, 2021

About the author

Natalie Pang is an Assistant Professor in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and Principal Investigator at the Centre of Social Media Innovations for Communities (COSMIC), Nanyang Technological University. Prior to this, she worked on public opinion research at The Gallup Organization, citizen science and participatory methods at Monash University and Museum Victoria. Her research interest is in the area of social informatics, focusing on basic and applied research of social media, information behaviour in crises, and structurational models of technology in marginalised communities.