George Baylon Radics
Biographic Data
| ID | 138884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Baylon Radics |
| GIVEN NAMES | George Baylon |
| FAMILY NAME | Radics |
| SIGNATURE | RADICS G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7923-8366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Anti-gender backlash politics as anti-Western politics: Examining the UN’s “Being LGBT in Asia” project in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Cultural wars and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Southeast Asia: Asian values', human rights, and the 'homosexual turn
Some have argued that we are seeing a 'homosexual turn' in Southeast Asia. Decriminalization of sodomy, legal recognition of same-sex marriage, and discussions regarding trans rights have all taken place in the last decade. However, a backlash has emerged as well. Governmental censure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues has escalated, with politicians espousing anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rhetoric and warning against import…
Strategic litigation in the “soft-authoritarian” state of Singapore: Attempts to decriminalize sodomy from 2010-2020
From 2010 to 2020, several efforts to decriminalize sodomy have taken place in Singaporean courts. Although these efforts have been largely unsuccessful, the cases have highlighted how courts can serve as a space to push for rights in a city-state that some have labelled “soft-authoritarian”—a state with democratic institutions in place, but with an under-developed set of democratic ideals and practices. This article argues that strategic litigat…
Introduction. The political mobilisation of criminal law and its resistance in the Global South
The articles presented in this special issue explore the relationship between politics and law in the context of the Global South. While some of the contributions examined this relationship through the symbolic power of the law, others focused on how violence is embedded into the relationship between law and politics. The first group, which focused on the symbolic dimension of power relations, dug into struggles to either accommodate political pr…
Introduction to special issue - culture wars in Asia: Revisiting “Asian values” in gender politics
Religious pressures on women's rights in Southeast Asia: Examining the right to an abortion in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam
Criminal Legalities and Minorities in the Global South: Rights and Resistance in a Decolonial World
Law and Order: Legal Institutions and Penal Populism
‘Law and order’ in the Global South started off as an aspirational side effect of the post-war modernization and development rhetoric, but eventually gained momentum in the 1970s as a ‘tough on crime’ criminal justice policy in the Global North. Although Northern in origin, nations of the Global South have adopted their own ‘law and order’ policies but with direr consequences. In South East Asia and Latin America, centuries of illiberal political…
Racial harmony and sexual violence: Uneven regulation and legal protection gaps for influencers in Singapore
Drawing on a multi‐year ethnographic study of influencers in Singapore and analyses on frameworks regulating racial harmony and sexual violence, this paper adopts approaches from anthropology, cultural studies, and socio‐legal studies to illustrate how the law heavily regulates certain influencers while failing to protect others. This spans across governance from the “state” through government interventions and introduction of formal law, governa…
Stigmatisation, identities and the law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Impressive growth in Asia, as one of most dynamic regions in the world, sometimes happens at the expense of marginalisation.Individuals who do not fit normative ideals, who are deemed economically unproductive or who do not participate in heterosex-centred reproduction are often regarded as different, even deviant, and come to take on or are given identities that are marginalised.These include, but are not limited to, people with physical or inte…
Dealing with the Past or Moving Forward? Transitional Justice, the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement and Federalism in the Philippines
In the Philippines, transitional justice is plagued by questions about whether and how to deal with the past as well as whether and what kind of justice is possible in the present. In 2014, the government ended its armed conflict with Muslim secessionists by enacting a peace deal with transitional justice provisions, but also proposed federalism as a more lasting solution to conflict. This article reads the agreement’s ‘dealing with the past’ fra…
Challenging antisodomy laws in Singapore and the former British colonies of Asean
In 2007, Section 377 of Singapore’s Penal Code, a colonial-era law that criminalized sexual activities “against the order of nature,” was removed by Parliament. Section 377A, however, the law specifically criminalizing gay male sex, was kept on the books. Three years later, the first judicial challenge emerged, and after a change in standing requirements, a second challenge followed, both to be ultimately dismissed in 2013. By end of 2018, two ne…
Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime, by Talitha Espiritu
Regulation of Religion and Granting of Public Holidays: The Case of Tai Pucam in Singapore
During the colonial period, the Straits Settlements government formalised through law the declaration of public holidays marking religious festivals for the different communities. This practice was continued by the post-colonial state, apportioning public holidays “equally” amongst its citizenry. Adopting a historical perspective, this paper theorises the Singapore state’s allocation of public holidays for its citizens with a specific focus on th…
State and Finance in the Philippines, 1898–1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony, written by Yoshiko Nagano
Conversations in postcolonial thought
Postcolonial theory has emerged in the past few decades as one of the most promising fields of development to address the consequences of empire. Serving as a major intellectual trend in the discip
Challenging antisodomy laws in Singapore and the former British colonies of Asean
In 2007, Section 377 of Singapore’s Penal Code, a colonial-era law that criminalized sexual activities “against the order of nature,” was removed by Parliament. Section 377A, however, the law specifically criminalizing gay male sex, was kept on the books. Three years later, the first judicial challenge emerged, and after a change in standing requirements, a second challenge followed, both to be ultimately dismissed in 2013. By end of 2018, two ne…
Dealing with the Past or Moving Forward? Transitional Justice, the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement and Federalism in the Philippines
In the Philippines, transitional justice is plagued by questions about whether and how to deal with the past as well as whether and what kind of justice is possible in the present. In 2014, the government ended its armed conflict with Muslim secessionists by enacting a peace deal with transitional justice provisions, but also proposed federalism as a more lasting solution to conflict. This article reads the agreement’s ‘dealing with the past’ fra…
Cultural wars and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Southeast Asia: Asian values', human rights, and the 'homosexual turn
Some have argued that we are seeing a 'homosexual turn' in Southeast Asia. Decriminalization of sodomy, legal recognition of same-sex marriage, and discussions regarding trans rights have all taken place in the last decade. However, a backlash has emerged as well. Governmental censure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues has escalated, with politicians espousing anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rhetoric and warning against import…
Regulation of Religion and Granting of Public Holidays: The Case of Tai Pucam in Singapore
During the colonial period, the Straits Settlements government formalised through law the declaration of public holidays marking religious festivals for the different communities. This practice was continued by the post-colonial state, apportioning public holidays “equally” amongst its citizenry. Adopting a historical perspective, this paper theorises the Singapore state’s allocation of public holidays for its citizens with a specific focus on th…
Conversations in postcolonial thought
Postcolonial theory has emerged in the past few decades as one of the most promising fields of development to address the consequences of empire. Serving as a major intellectual trend in the discip
Conversations in postcolonial thought
Postcolonial theory has emerged in the past few decades as one of the most promising fields of development to address the consequences of empire. Serving as a major intellectual trend in the discip
State and Finance in the Philippines, 1898–1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony, written by Yoshiko Nagano
Regulation of Religion and Granting of Public Holidays: The Case of Tai Pucam in Singapore
During the colonial period, the Straits Settlements government formalised through law the declaration of public holidays marking religious festivals for the different communities. This practice was continued by the post-colonial state, apportioning public holidays “equally” amongst its citizenry. Adopting a historical perspective, this paper theorises the Singapore state’s allocation of public holidays for its citizens with a specific focus on th…
Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime, by Talitha Espiritu
Stigmatisation, identities and the law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Impressive growth in Asia, as one of most dynamic regions in the world, sometimes happens at the expense of marginalisation.Individuals who do not fit normative ideals, who are deemed economically unproductive or who do not participate in heterosex-centred reproduction are often regarded as different, even deviant, and come to take on or are given identities that are marginalised.These include, but are not limited to, people with physical or inte…
Dealing with the Past or Moving Forward? Transitional Justice, the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement and Federalism in the Philippines
In the Philippines, transitional justice is plagued by questions about whether and how to deal with the past as well as whether and what kind of justice is possible in the present. In 2014, the government ended its armed conflict with Muslim secessionists by enacting a peace deal with transitional justice provisions, but also proposed federalism as a more lasting solution to conflict. This article reads the agreement’s ‘dealing with the past’ fra…
Challenging antisodomy laws in Singapore and the former British colonies of Asean
In 2007, Section 377 of Singapore’s Penal Code, a colonial-era law that criminalized sexual activities “against the order of nature,” was removed by Parliament. Section 377A, however, the law specifically criminalizing gay male sex, was kept on the books. Three years later, the first judicial challenge emerged, and after a change in standing requirements, a second challenge followed, both to be ultimately dismissed in 2013. By end of 2018, two ne…
Racial harmony and sexual violence: Uneven regulation and legal protection gaps for influencers in Singapore
Drawing on a multi‐year ethnographic study of influencers in Singapore and analyses on frameworks regulating racial harmony and sexual violence, this paper adopts approaches from anthropology, cultural studies, and socio‐legal studies to illustrate how the law heavily regulates certain influencers while failing to protect others. This spans across governance from the “state” through government interventions and introduction of formal law, governa…
Criminal Legalities and Minorities in the Global South: Rights and Resistance in a Decolonial World
Law and Order: Legal Institutions and Penal Populism
‘Law and order’ in the Global South started off as an aspirational side effect of the post-war modernization and development rhetoric, but eventually gained momentum in the 1970s as a ‘tough on crime’ criminal justice policy in the Global North. Although Northern in origin, nations of the Global South have adopted their own ‘law and order’ policies but with direr consequences. In South East Asia and Latin America, centuries of illiberal political…
Strategic litigation in the “soft-authoritarian” state of Singapore: Attempts to decriminalize sodomy from 2010-2020
From 2010 to 2020, several efforts to decriminalize sodomy have taken place in Singaporean courts. Although these efforts have been largely unsuccessful, the cases have highlighted how courts can serve as a space to push for rights in a city-state that some have labelled “soft-authoritarian”—a state with democratic institutions in place, but with an under-developed set of democratic ideals and practices. This article argues that strategic litigat…
Introduction. The political mobilisation of criminal law and its resistance in the Global South
The articles presented in this special issue explore the relationship between politics and law in the context of the Global South. While some of the contributions examined this relationship through the symbolic power of the law, others focused on how violence is embedded into the relationship between law and politics. The first group, which focused on the symbolic dimension of power relations, dug into struggles to either accommodate political pr…
Introduction to special issue - culture wars in Asia: Revisiting “Asian values” in gender politics
Religious pressures on women's rights in Southeast Asia: Examining the right to an abortion in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam
Anti-gender backlash politics as anti-Western politics: Examining the UN’s “Being LGBT in Asia” project in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Cultural wars and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Southeast Asia: Asian values', human rights, and the 'homosexual turn
Some have argued that we are seeing a 'homosexual turn' in Southeast Asia. Decriminalization of sodomy, legal recognition of same-sex marriage, and discussions regarding trans rights have all taken place in the last decade. However, a backlash has emerged as well. Governmental censure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues has escalated, with politicians espousing anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rhetoric and warning against import…
Law (16 works) · Political science (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works)