Social Capital in Singapore The Power of Network Diversity Politics in Asia Series
Auteurs : Chua Vincent, Koh Gillian, Tan Ern Ser, Shih Drew
How can social cohesion be achieved in a meritocratic and multicultural global city-state?
Meritocracy poses a paradox: On one hand, it integrates individuals through frameworks of equal treatment, equal justice and opportunity regardless of race, language or religion. On the other hand, individuals are then segregating through academic sorting, they are rewarded based on credentials and performance which also results in elite identification and bonding. After a generation, without mitigation action, social stratification can result. Distinctive circles differentiating social elites from non-elites, the professional classes from non-professional classes emerge.
The remedy the authors propose is network diversity which is the organic forming of ties across class and other social boundaries built on deliberate policies, programmes and platforms designed to facilitate that. This social mixing, forged in social infrastructure such as schools, workplaces, and voluntary associations pays off by producing the collective goods of national identity and trust. This hypothesis has been tested in the case of Singapore society and the empirical results from the research on the power of network diversity and bridging social capital are found in this volume.
An insightful read for scholars and practitioners in public policy and social network analysis looking to understand the challenges faced by and the experiences that have emerged from the case of Singapore with its multicultural and cosmopolitan setting.
Vincent CHUA is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto. He researches social networks paying close attention on its role in inequality reproduction. His areas include the study of education, race and neighbourhoods. His chapters and articles include: “Personal Communities: The World According to Me” (2011), “Social Networks and Labour Market Outcomes in a Meritocracy” (2011), “Categorical Sources of Varieties of Network Inequalities” (2013), “Unequal Returns to Social Capital: The Study of Malays in Singapore through a Network Lens” (2015), “Do Raffles Boys ‘Rule’ and Anglo-Chinese Boys ‘Own’ Singapore?: Analysing School-To-Work Correspondences in an Elite Development State” (2015), “Social Capital in Singapore: Gender Differences, Ethnic Hierarchies, and their Intersection” (2016), and “Getting Ahead in Singapore: How Neighbourhoods, Gender, and Ethnicity affect Enrollment into Elite Schools” (2019). He teaches modules on social capital and quantitative data analysis at NUS and is a recipient of the Faculty Excellence Teaching Awards (2013, 2017, 2018) and the University Annual Excellence Teaching Award (2018).
Gillian KOH is Deputy Director (Research) at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Senior Research Fellow in the Governance and Economy Department. Her research interests are in the areas of party and electoral politics, the development of civil society, state-society relations, state governance and citizen engagement in Singapore. Among other things, Dr Koh conducts surveys on Singaporeans’ political attitudes, sense of identity, rootedness and resilience and also helmed several IPS scenario-planning projects. She was part of the team that conducted the IPS Study on Social Capital in Singapore (2017). She has published and co-published articles on civil society and political development in Si
Date de parution : 05-2023
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Mots-clés :
Network Diversity; Public Housing Residents; Multiculturalism; Nation Building; Class; Voluntary Associations; Cohesion; National Identity; social networks; HDB Flat; stratification; Raffles Institution; meritocracy; Capita Gdp; Social capital; Education System; Singaporean's meritocracy; Inter-group Contact; Positive Intergroup Contact; Social stratification; SNEF; Inter-ethnic Ties; HDB Estate; Intergroup Contact; GCE A-level; Common Language; Inclusive National Identity; Complex Role Set; Sport Singapore; Educational Diversity; SAF; Inter-ethnic Mixing; Cooperative Learning; Sap School