Hegemonic authoritarianism and singapore: Economics, ideology and the asian economic crisis Export

@article{citeulike:5091119, abstract = {This essay critically evaluates contemporary theories of authoritarianism and, through an examination of one of the most outstandingly stubborn cases of authoritarianism — that of Singapore — suggests a new approach for understanding authoritarianism based on Gramsci's theory of hegemony. This theory focuses directly on issues of legitimacy and popular perception and offers valuable insights into phenomena (e.g., “popular dictatorship,” “soft authoritarianism” and “fascism”) that would otherwise be dismissed as exceptions to the rule. Additionally, while being sensitive to historical contingency, hegemony theory does not lapse into an “it depends” mode but presses on to rigorously clarify the precise relationship between material conditions and ideology. Additionally, unlike dominant theories that categorise world regimes into dichotomised and moralised categories of democracies and dictatorships, Gramsci's theory offers us a less epistemologically biased paradigm that can be utilised equally to understand and criticise authoritarian tendencies wherever they are found.}, author = {Sim, Soek-Fang}, citeulike-article-id = {5091119}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472330680000091}, doi = {10.1080/00472330680000091}, journal = {Journal of Contemporary Asia}, keywords = {politics, singapore}, number = {2}, pages = {143--159}, posted-at = {2009-07-08 07:48:55}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Hegemonic authoritarianism and singapore: Economics, ideology and the asian economic crisis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472330680000091}, volume = {36}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5091119 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5091119 N2 - This essay critically evaluates contemporary theories of authoritarianism and, through an examination of one of the most outstandingly stubborn cases of authoritarianism — that of Singapore — suggests a new approach for understanding authoritarianism based on Gramsci's theory of hegemony. This theory focuses directly on issues of legitimacy and popular perception and offers valuable insights into phenomena (e.g., “popular dictatorship,” “soft authoritarianism” and “fascism”) that would otherwise be dismissed as exceptions to the rule. Additionally, while being sensitive to historical contingency, hegemony theory does not lapse into an “it depends” mode but presses on to rigorously clarify the precise relationship between material conditions and ideology. Additionally, unlike dominant theories that categorise world regimes into dichotomised and moralised categories of democracies and dictatorships, Gramsci's theory offers us a less epistemologically biased paradigm that can be utilised equally to understand and criticise authoritarian tendencies wherever they are found. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Contemporary Asia EP - 159 TI - Hegemonic authoritarianism and singapore: Economics, ideology and the asian economic crisis PB - Routledge VL - 36 SP - 143 KW - politics KW - singapore AU - Sim, Soek-Fang PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472330680000091 ER -