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- Argues that the accommodation of cultural difference (i.e. through rights and a sense of belonging) should be extended beyond national citizens
- Contests the treatment of citizens and non-citizens as binary categories
- Fits within the scholarship of multiculturalism as well as critical scholarship from the feminism, postcolonialism, postnationalism and citizenship
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is about multiculturalism, broadly defined as the recognition, respect and accommodation of cultural differences. Teo proposes a framework of multicultural denizenship that includes group-specific rights and intercultural dialogue, by problematising three issues: a) the unacknowledged misrecognition of non-citizens within the scholarship of multiculturalism; b) uncritical treatment of citizens and non-citizens as binary categories and; c) problematic parcelling of group-specific rights with citizenship rights.
Drawing on the case of Singapore as an illustrative example, where temporary labour migrants are culturally stereotyped, socioeconomically disenfranchised and denied access to rights accorded only to citizens, Teo argues that understandings of multiculturalism need to be expanded and adjusted to include a fluidity of identities, spectrum of rights and shared experiences of marginalisation among citizens and non-citizens. Civic Multiculturalism in Singapore will be of interest to students and scholars of multiculturalism, critical citizenship studies, migration studies, political theory and postcolonial studies.
Authors and Affiliations
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S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Terri-Anne Teo
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civic Multiculturalism in Singapore
Book Subtitle: Revisiting Citizenship, Rights and Recognition
Authors: Terri-Anne Teo
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13459-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13458-7Published: 19 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13461-7Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13459-4Published: 05 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 293
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Citizenship, Sociology of Culture, Social Theory