1st Edition

Securitising Singapore State Power and Global Threats Management

By Syed Mohammed Ad’ha Aljunied Copyright 2020
216 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Aljunied examines how the Singaporean government developed a comprehensive state–society strategic relationship by ‘securitising’ vital policy areas because of Singapore’s vulnerability as a global city state. In the twenty-first century, the Singaporean government has strategically renewed an existing form of authoritarian rule by ‘militarising’ national security governance. The main... Read more

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations



Introduction



Chapter 1: Theory and Method



Chapter 2: Securing Singapore I: National Security Foundations, Politics of State- and Nation-Building, Civil–Military Relations and Global City Discourse



Chapter 3: Securing Singapore II: Globalisation and National Security Evolution



Chapter 4: Infocomm Sector Securitisation



Chapter 5: Health Sector Securitisation



Chapter 6: Climate–Environment Sector Securitisation



Conclusion



References
Index

Biography

Syed Mohammed Ad’ha Aljunied holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia.