Norman Vasu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman Vasu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman |
| FAMILY NAME | Vasu |
| SIGNATURE | VASU N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1253-2883 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Singapore GE2020: The beginning of a new-old order
The principle of consent is an essential factor for Gramsci’s conception of ideological hegemony. For Gramsci, there must be consensus between the dominant and subordinated groups for the successful maintenance of ideological hegemony. Of note, consensus for Gramsci is a dynamic and continuous process of readjustment to altering conditions. Hence, an exchange is required between rulers and ruled as norm-making for hegemony, rather than coercion a…
Singapur 2020: Tiempos difíciles
Singapore’s 2020 has experienced some challenges with regard to the pandemic and communal relations, undergone some slight political alteration to the statu quo due to the results of the Parliamentary elections it held, and saw little disruptive headwinds in terms of foreign relations
Singapore in 2015: Sg50
Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region's dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is …
Gender Equality (And its Absence) in Singapore’s 2015 General Elections
With the dust settled after Singapore’s 2015 parliamentary elections, the only aspect pundits and Singaporean politics watchers could agree on was that the People’s Action Party’s comeback from its performance at the 2011 elections, although not of Lazarus proportions, was most certainly unexpected. While the result of the 2015 elections has gone through several post-election analytical mills, what has been oddly absent in such analyses is a disc…
Immigration in Singapore
Singapore in 2013: The Times They are a-Changin
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Narratives and Governance: The Eroding Corporatist Narrative of Governance in Singapore
This article takes a critical look at the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore and argues that the corporatist narrative is losing its narrative rationality. Narrative rationality is being lost through large-scale immigration to Singapore. The implication of this loss of narrative rationality is significant for continued rule by the People's Action Party (PAP), which will have to struggle to either repair the narrative rationality of …
Immigration and the National Narrative: Rethinking Corporatism in Singapore
This article argues that the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore is losing narrative rationality due primarily to large-scale immigration to Singapore. The real or perceived threat from such immigrants has galvanized Singaporeans from different ethnic groups such that a strong Singaporean identity has emerged. As a result, the once strict artificial differences required for the corporatist narrative to be believable, that is, its nar…
Immigration in Singapore
This study traces the socio-political effects of immigration on Singapore and its population, a topic that has been the subject of intense debate in the nation as its population grows increasingly diverse. Beyond the logic of economic imperatives, the book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants, and its analysis should appeal to scholars of migration, social change, and public policy
Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific
Introduction: Un/settled Narrations: Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific Norman Vasu, Yolanda Chin and Kam-yee Law Part 1: Constructing Commonality and the Nation 1. Rethinking the Who, What and When: Why not Singaporean Military Heroes? Ho Shu Huang 2. The Nation and its Murals: A Reading of Malaysian Images, 1957-1969 Lai Chee Kien Part 2: Competing Narratives Clash 3. Between Assimilation and Multiculturalism: Social Resilience and the Governance …
Governance through Difference in Singapore
Although the normative ideal of multiculturalism is the accommodation of communal differences, Singaporean multiculturalism is instead integral to a corporatist form of governance. This article argues that an emerging Singaporean-ness antithetical to the necessary inter-communal divisions required for corporatism poses a strong challenge to the manner in which the city-state is governed
(En)countering terrorism: Multiculturalism and Singapore
With national security concerns dominating the agenda for many states and with the management of cultural diversity under close scrutiny, can the agenda of multiculturalism—with its desire to accommodate cultural differences—survive? By assessing Singapore's review of its multiculturalism policy in this ‘age of terror’, this paper argues that the project of multiculturalism is far from over. Moreover, it argues that, if performed well and permitt…
Governance through Difference in Singapore
Although the normative ideal of multiculturalism is the accommodation of communal differences, Singaporean multiculturalism is instead integral to a corporatist form of governance. This article argues that an emerging Singaporean-ness antithetical to the necessary inter-communal divisions required for corporatism poses a strong challenge to the manner in which the city-state is governed
(En)countering terrorism: Multiculturalism and Singapore
With national security concerns dominating the agenda for many states and with the management of cultural diversity under close scrutiny, can the agenda of multiculturalism—with its desire to accommodate cultural differences—survive? By assessing Singapore's review of its multiculturalism policy in this ‘age of terror’, this paper argues that the project of multiculturalism is far from over. Moreover, it argues that, if performed well and permitt…
Gender Equality (And its Absence) in Singapore’s 2015 General Elections
With the dust settled after Singapore’s 2015 parliamentary elections, the only aspect pundits and Singaporean politics watchers could agree on was that the People’s Action Party’s comeback from its performance at the 2011 elections, although not of Lazarus proportions, was most certainly unexpected. While the result of the 2015 elections has gone through several post-election analytical mills, what has been oddly absent in such analyses is a disc…
Narratives and Governance: The Eroding Corporatist Narrative of Governance in Singapore
This article takes a critical look at the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore and argues that the corporatist narrative is losing its narrative rationality. Narrative rationality is being lost through large-scale immigration to Singapore. The implication of this loss of narrative rationality is significant for continued rule by the People's Action Party (PAP), which will have to struggle to either repair the narrative rationality of …
Immigration and the National Narrative: Rethinking Corporatism in Singapore
This article argues that the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore is losing narrative rationality due primarily to large-scale immigration to Singapore. The real or perceived threat from such immigrants has galvanized Singaporeans from different ethnic groups such that a strong Singaporean identity has emerged. As a result, the once strict artificial differences required for the corporatist narrative to be believable, that is, its nar…
(En)countering terrorism: Multiculturalism and Singapore
With national security concerns dominating the agenda for many states and with the management of cultural diversity under close scrutiny, can the agenda of multiculturalism—with its desire to accommodate cultural differences—survive? By assessing Singapore's review of its multiculturalism policy in this ‘age of terror’, this paper argues that the project of multiculturalism is far from over. Moreover, it argues that, if performed well and permitt…
Governance through Difference in Singapore
Although the normative ideal of multiculturalism is the accommodation of communal differences, Singaporean multiculturalism is instead integral to a corporatist form of governance. This article argues that an emerging Singaporean-ness antithetical to the necessary inter-communal divisions required for corporatism poses a strong challenge to the manner in which the city-state is governed
Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific
Introduction: Un/settled Narrations: Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific Norman Vasu, Yolanda Chin and Kam-yee Law Part 1: Constructing Commonality and the Nation 1. Rethinking the Who, What and When: Why not Singaporean Military Heroes? Ho Shu Huang 2. The Nation and its Murals: A Reading of Malaysian Images, 1957-1969 Lai Chee Kien Part 2: Competing Narratives Clash 3. Between Assimilation and Multiculturalism: Social Resilience and the Governance …
Singapore in 2013: The Times They are a-Changin
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Narratives and Governance: The Eroding Corporatist Narrative of Governance in Singapore
This article takes a critical look at the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore and argues that the corporatist narrative is losing its narrative rationality. Narrative rationality is being lost through large-scale immigration to Singapore. The implication of this loss of narrative rationality is significant for continued rule by the People's Action Party (PAP), which will have to struggle to either repair the narrative rationality of …
Immigration and the National Narrative: Rethinking Corporatism in Singapore
This article argues that the corporatist narrative of governance in Singapore is losing narrative rationality due primarily to large-scale immigration to Singapore. The real or perceived threat from such immigrants has galvanized Singaporeans from different ethnic groups such that a strong Singaporean identity has emerged. As a result, the once strict artificial differences required for the corporatist narrative to be believable, that is, its nar…
Immigration in Singapore
This study traces the socio-political effects of immigration on Singapore and its population, a topic that has been the subject of intense debate in the nation as its population grows increasingly diverse. Beyond the logic of economic imperatives, the book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants, and its analysis should appeal to scholars of migration, social change, and public policy
Immigration in Singapore
Singapore in 2015: Sg50
Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region's dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is …
Gender Equality (And its Absence) in Singapore’s 2015 General Elections
With the dust settled after Singapore’s 2015 parliamentary elections, the only aspect pundits and Singaporean politics watchers could agree on was that the People’s Action Party’s comeback from its performance at the 2011 elections, although not of Lazarus proportions, was most certainly unexpected. While the result of the 2015 elections has gone through several post-election analytical mills, what has been oddly absent in such analyses is a disc…
Singapur 2020: Tiempos difíciles
Singapore’s 2020 has experienced some challenges with regard to the pandemic and communal relations, undergone some slight political alteration to the statu quo due to the results of the Parliamentary elections it held, and saw little disruptive headwinds in terms of foreign relations
Singapore GE2020: The beginning of a new-old order
The principle of consent is an essential factor for Gramsci’s conception of ideological hegemony. For Gramsci, there must be consensus between the dominant and subordinated groups for the successful maintenance of ideological hegemony. Of note, consensus for Gramsci is a dynamic and continuous process of readjustment to altering conditions. Hence, an exchange is required between rulers and ruled as norm-making for hegemony, rather than coercion a…
Political science (11 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (11 works) · Asian Studies and History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · asia (3 works)