The AWARE Saga: Civil Society and Public Morality in Singapore / edited by Terence Chong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chong, Terence.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Association of Women for Action and Research.

Social ethics--Singapore.

Social ethics.

Religion and civil society--Singapore.

Religion and civil society.

Civil society--Singapore.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 181 p. )

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In March 2009, the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) was briefly taken over by a Christian faction. Their coup was overturned within a matter of weeks, but the episode highlighted a variety of issues, including the role of religion in civil society, sex education, homosexuality, state intervention and media engagement. Although the immediate issue was control of an activist group concerned with women's rights, it has implications for the agendas and concerns of NGOs, 'culture wars', the processes of citizenry mobilization, mass participation and noisy democracy, and liberal voices in contemporary Singapore.In this book, academics and public intellectuals examine the AWARE saga within the context of Singapore's civil society, considering the political and historical background and how the issues it raised relate to contemporary societal trends. In addition to documenting a milestone event for Singapore's civil society, the authors offer provocative interpretations that will interest a broad range of readers.

Contents:

Making Singapore's liberal base visible / Chua Beng Huat

Compensating for the abdication of the moral state? / Terence Chong

Not quite shutting up and sitting down, the Singapore government's role in the AWARE saga / Azhar Ghani and Gillian Koh

Who dragged Christianity into the AWARE saga?, observations on the role of Christians, value pluralism, and contestation in public discourse / Eugene K.B. Tan

Blame it on the bogery, the Christian right's construction of homosexuality and the AWARE CSE Programme / Dominic Chua, James Koh, and Jack Yong

The role of the media, investigative journalism in Singapore / Loh Chee Kong

Strength in diversity, organisational lessons from the AWARE saga / Alex Tham

Contesting feminism, the AWARE saga / Theresa W. Devasahayam

Shut up and sit down! Stand up and speak out!, the AWARE EGM as performance of civil society in Singapore / Lai Ah Eng

AWARE re-pluralised, re-secularised, transition to deeper awareness / Vivienne Wee.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9971-69-612-6

9789971696122

OCLC:

789186809