Grassroots volunteerism in Singapore: A survey of the literature

WONG
George

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

3-2019

Abstract

Local political participation is a ubiquitous element of any contemporary political life today and different regimes offer a diversity of expressions, forms of organisation and intensity of involvement. As a procedural democracy with a colonial legacy and under a dominant party regime for almost 60 years, the development of Singapore‘s local political participation offers narratives of political transition, consolidation and nation building which have been both praised and castigated by scholars, statesmen and citizens. One of the few consensuses in the existing debates surrounding Singapore‘s political legacies however lies in the immense significance of grassroots volunteerism to local politics and political participation. The narrative of grassroots volunteerism in Singapore is both inseparable and indispensable from the narrative of its nation building and political consolidation. In this book chapter, I explore how grassroots volunteerism has been studied in the context of Singapore's grassroots sector.

Keywords

Volunteerism, grassroots, political participation

Discipline

Civic and Community Engagement | Political Science | Politics and Social Change

Research Areas

Sociology

Publication

Educating for Empathy: Service Learning in Public Policy Education

Editor

Woo Jun Jie

First Page

49

Last Page

68

ISBN

9789811202797

Identifier

10.1142/9789811202797_0004

Publisher

World Scientific

City or Country

Singapore

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811202797_0004

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