China's 'Singapore model' and authoritarian learning

• Titel: China's 'Singapore model' and authoritarian learning
• Mitwirkende: Ortmann, Stephan [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Thompson, Mark R. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Stephan Ortmann, Mark R. Thompson
• Verlagsort: London ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: xi, 209 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia studies
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38839-0
• ISBN: 978-0-429-42555-4
• Schlagwörter: (g)Singapur / (s)Vorbild / (g)China / (s)Autoritarismus / (s)Politik / (s)Regierung / (z)Geschichte 1976-2002 / (s)Konferenzschrift
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1686501536

Abstract

Introduction : China's Singapore Model and Authoritarian Learning / Stephan Ortmann and Mark R. Thompson -- The Origins of the Singapore Fever in China : 1978-1992 / Yang Kai and Stephan Ortmann -- Misunderstanding Singapore : China's Challenges in Learning from the City-State / Mark R. Thompson and Stephan Ortmann -- The Singapore School - Technocracy or less / Michael D. Barr -- Branding China : How Beijing Seeks to Improve its National image by learning from Singapore / Benjamin Tze Ern Ho -- Singapore's Role in China's Reform Process : Sharing of Experiences under the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Framework / Lye Liang Fook -- Cadre Training and Government-to-Government Collaborations : Governance Knowledge Transfer from Singapore to China / Wang, Ting-Yan -- Singapore's Social Welfare System and Its Influence on China / Wei Wei -- Learning Local Lessons from Singapore in post-1978 China / Cao Yunhua -- The "Singapore Fever" in China : Policy Mobility and Mutation / Kean Fan Lim and Niv Horesh.

Abstract

"This book explores to what extent China has drawn lessons from Singapore, both in terms of its ruling ideology and through the policy-specific learning process. In so doing, it provides insights into the opportunities but also the challenges of this long-term learning process, focusing attention to how non-democratic regimes deal with modernization. The stellar line-up of international contributors, from China, Singapore, Europe, and the U.S., offer a variety of perspectives on Singapore as a model of 'authoritarian modernism' for China. The book discusses how the small Southeast Asian city-state became a major reference point for China, how mainland observers often misunderstood the nature of Singapore's governance and instrumentalized it to bolster the CCP's legitimacy, and why the Singapore model appears to be in decline under Xi Jinping. Chapters also analyzes policy-specific learning processes, including bilateral mechanisms of policy exchange, the Chinese "mayor's class" in Singapore, joint industrial projects and lessons in social welfare provision. The book will be of interest to academics working on Chinese politics, development in China, State, society and economy in the Asia-Pacific, International relations in the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asian politics"--