Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-2017
Abstract
The Singapore government increasingly conducts a wide-rangingvariety of community engagement, which involve some degree ofpublic participation in government decision-making. These range fromOur Singapore Conversation, a wide-ranging discussion of whatSingaporeans want for their future, to the Colour Your Busescampaign in which citizens could vote on whether public buses shouldbe red or green. While these engagement processes typically informand consult, or occasionally involve deliberation and co-creation, theyrarely — if ever — empower citizens to make consequential decisionsin the manner of Archon Fung and Erik Olin Wright’s concept ofEmpowered Participatory Governance (2003).
Discipline
Asian Studies | Civic and Community Engagement | Politics and Social Change | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Publication
Mobilising diverse community assets to meet social needs
Editor
Justin LEE, Mathew MATTHEWS, & Robyn TAN
First Page
98
Last Page
102
Publisher
Institute of Policy Studies
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
NAQVI, Ijlal. (2017). Community engagement as a form of participatory governance. In Mobilising diverse community assets to meet social needs (pp. 98-102). Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2398
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