Discursive Constructions of Income Inequality in Neo-liberal Singapore

Autor:	Tan Ee Lyn, Somrita Ganchoudhuri, Ashwini Falnikar, Mohan J. Dutta
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	0508 media and communications Economic inequality Communication Political science Political economy 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration 050801 communication & media studies Smart governance 0506 political science
Zdroj:	Journal of Creative Communications. 14:132-146
ISSN:	0973-2594 0973-2586
DOI:	10.1177/0973258619851979
Popis:	This article examines the discursive constructions of income inequality in neo-liberal Singapore. While the city-state is touted as a model for smart governance captured in the ‘Singapore model’, the accounts of everyday lived experiences in Singapore depict the unsustainability of the model as a template of development, anchored in the deep inequalities interwoven with the model. This article draws on 34 in-depth interviews with high-, middle- and low-income groups in Singapore, stratified by race and citizenship status to reflect population demographics. The interviews document the ways in which inequalities are rendered meaningful amid the interplays of class, race and citizenship status. Based on grounded theory analysis of everyday accounts of inequality in Singapore, the article attends to the discourses of (a) individual responsibility and the disappearing state, (b) xenophobia and (c) paradoxical responses to government policies, simultaneously interrogating the state-espoused values of multiculturalism, meritocracy and pragmatism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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