Securitising Singapore : state power and global threats management / Syed Mohammed Ad'ha Aljunied.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aljunied, Syed Mohammed Ad'ha, author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Singapore.

National security.

Human security--Singapore.

Human security.

Civil-military relations--Singapore.

Civil-military relations.

Military policy.

Politics and government.

Singapore--Politics and government--21st century.

Singapore.

Singapore--Military policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 201 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Aljunied examines how the Singaporean government developed a comprehensive state-society strategic relationship by 'securitising' vital policy areas due to Singapore's vulnerability as a global city-state. In the 21st Century, the Singaporean government has strategically renewed an existing form of authoritarian rule by 'militarising' national security governance. The overall effect is to widen and deepen state power. Senior military-trained civilian political leaders and bureaucrats use military personnel, command and control, terminology and strategy of war to deal with non-traditional security challenges leading to the state's further domination over civil liberty and civil society. Aljunied analyses the information and communication, health, and climate-environment sectors. The case studies highlight the way the Singaporean government has used varying forms of political engagement, surveillance, and legislation to limit civil liberty and inhibit the development of civil society. A valuable resource for researchers and students of Singapore Studies as well as for Security Studies readers with an interest in the Global-Local nexus in a small state context. This book is a pioneering scholarly effort on the national security framework and the use of non-traditional security discourse to strengthen state power and social stability at the expense of political liberalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Theory and method

Securing Singapore I : national security foundations, politics of state and nation building, civil-military relations and global city discourse

Securing Singapore II : globalisation and national security evolution

Infocomm sector securitisation

Health sector securitisation

Climate-environment sector securitisation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780367262174

0367262177

OCLC:

1096214196