A History of Human Rights Society in Singapore

1965-2015
Herausgeber: Song, Jiyoung

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Singapore's tough stance on human rights, however, does not negate the long and persistent existence of a human rights society that exists almost unknown to the world. The focus of this book is on independent activists and writers, documenting this tradition in Singapore society that has a legacy of defending universal values of individual human rights. It uncovers their discourses, main contentions, campaigns, survival strategies, prominent activists and their untold stories during Singapore's first 50 years of independence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138694729
• ISBN-10: 113869472X
• Artikelnr.: 48213671

Autorenporträt

Jiyoung Song is Director of Migration and Border Protection at the Lowy Institute in Sydney and joins the Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne in July 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Tracing the History of the Anti-Death Penalty Movements in
Singapore
Chapter 2 Inhuman Punishment and Human Rights Activism in the Little Red
Dot
Chapter 3 Singapore's Press for Freedom: Between Media Regulation and
Activism
Chapter 4 Activism on Arbitrary Detention, the Suspension of Law
Chapter 5 Socio-Economic Rights Activism in Singapore
Chapter 6 Shifting boundaries: state-society relations and activism on
migrant worker rights in Singapore
Chapter 7 Against a Teleological Reading of the Advancement of Women's
Rights in Singapore
Chapter 8 LGBTQ Activism in Singapore
Chapter 9 Navigating Through the 'Rules' of Civil Society: In search of
disability rights in Singapore
Index