State-Civil Society Relations and Tourism: Singaporeanizing Tourists, Touristifying Singapore  

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Ooi, Can Seng

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia vol. 20 no. 02 (Oct. 2005), page 249-272.
Topik: State-Civil Society Relations; State-Civil Society Tourism; Touristifying Singapore; civil spaces; Singaporeanizing Tourists
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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: S50 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In Singapore, the government has been able to close, absorb, re-define and open up civil spaces. The line separating state and civil society is blurred. This article examines how tourism in Singapore has not only played a central role in shaping Singaporeans' own understanding of their national and ethnic identities, but it has also helped open up important civil and social spaces. This paper offers three examples the re-branding of Singapore, the decision to have two casinos in Singapore, and the promotion of educational and medical tourism. These examples demonstrate how various civil and social spaces are managed and transformed through the tourism industry. The government uses tourism resources to engineer local society to turn Singapore into a livelier and funkier city. By serving the interests of tourists, tourists have effectively become a civil group and constituency in Singapore.

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