Living with Globalization Tactically

The Metapragmatics of Globalization in Singapore

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ID6086904
AuthorsAdeline Koh (0000-0001-9883-3227, corresponding author), Aaron Koh
Year2007
Volume22
Issue2
Pages179-201
Publication date2007-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
PublisherISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj22-2b
OpenAlexW2038676499
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited32

Singaporeans need not be told what globalization means. The popular media, as well as the political leaders of Singapore, have generated a local-babble of the derivative meanings of globalization. That globaliza- tion means competitiveness, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and foreign talent, has become deeply enculturated and embedded in the Singaporean consciousness. This paper will show that the local-babble on globalization in Singapore is ineluctably linked to state discourses and practices. I will argue in the paper that these state discourses are not free-floating, but produce teleological and ideo- logical effects to regulate the Singaporean habitus, and create new subjectivities suitable for the new economy. Using Foucault's (1979) notion of governmentality and its related concepts and vocabularies, this paper will illuminate Singapore's response to new geo-politico- cultural-economic realities as it continues to live with globalization tactically

Globalization · Political science · Asian Studies and History · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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