Producing and Contesting Meanings of Participation in Planning

The Case of Singapore (1985–2020)

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ID6404425
AutoresJan H M Lim (0000-0002-0311-9811, KU Leuven), Angeliki Paidakaki (0000-0001-5019-0998, KU Leuven), Han Verschure (0000-0001-8518-7393, KU Leuven), Pieter Van Den Broeck (0000-0002-3388-0759, KU Leuven)
Año2023
Volumen59
Número6
Páginas1775-1808
Fecha de publicación2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874221130530
OpenAlexW4303986713
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas61

This paper examines how the concept of participation in planning has been constructed by state and nonstate actors in the politico-institutional context of Singapore. Our objective is to gain a deeper understanding of the political dynamics shaping ideas about participation, and the impact of these contested constructions on the perpetuation of the ruling party's political control. Drawing on strategic-relational institutionalist planning and cultural political economy theories, we analyze 312 documents including government and civil society periodicals, parliamentary debates, and academic publications, focusing on the planning and participatory practices of Singapore's national planning agency from the mid-1980s to 2020. The findings reveal that state-led coalitions continuously reframed participation as an instrument of economic growth, nation-building, and activism-management, while nonstate-led coalitions emerged to transform state-civil society relations through promoting and materializing alternative meanings of participation. These dynamics demonstrate the potentialities and limitations of democratizing urban planning and governance in Singapore's hybrid regime

Agency (philosophy · Citizen journalism · Civil society · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Management · Participatory planning · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Urban Planning and Governance