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Title: | Eco-governmentality: a discursive analysis of state-ngos-youth relations in Singapore | Authors: | Pey, Peili Islam, Md Saidul |
Keywords: | Environmentalism Eco-governmentality DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | Pey, P., & Islam, M. S. (2017). Eco-governmentality: a discursive analysis of state-ngos-youth relations in Singapore. Social Sciences, 6(4), 133-. doi:10.3390/socsci6040133 | Series/Report no.: | Social Sciences | Abstract: | This article seeks to address the gap in representing micro-level civil society voices and contribute to literature on state-society relations in Singapore’s environmental movement. Given the present constraints of state-NGO communication and cooperation, the state and NGOs negotiate the restrictions by grooming youths as agents of change. Through in-depth interviews, it explores how environmentalism is represented differently through various discourses by the social actors; state, NGOs and youths. By using eco-governmentality as a framework and through discursive analysis, we argue that state-society cooperation in environmentalism is hindered by lack of clear and effective communication channels, as well as expertise and knowledge barriers. In addition, investing in youths has led to an altered dynamic of state-society relations and a greater variety in discourses on environmental advocacy. Owing to the youths’ capability for spreading social awareness and ideas, this is an area that requires open discussion in order to achieve better state-civil society cooperation. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88425 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45771 |
ISSN: | 2076-0760 | DOI: | 10.3390/socsci6040133 | Schools: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Rights: | © 2017 by The Author(s). Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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