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2008.
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With national security concerns dominating the agenda for many states and with the management of cultural diversity under close scrutiny, can the agenda of multiculturalism - with its desire to accommodate cultural differences - survive? By assessing Singapore's review of its multiculturalism policy in this 'age of terror', this paper argues that the project of multiculturalism is far from over. Moreover, it argues that, if performed well and permitted to evolve constantly, multiculturalism may instead be a bulwark against the allure of what has become termed 'home-grown' terrorism. The argument progresses in broadly three parts. The first part defines the terms multicultural and multiculturalism, and presents a continuum of different approaches to multiculturalism. This section is keen to stress the diversity present in policies of multiculturalism in order to highlight the different policy options available to the management of difference. In the second part, Singapore's policy of multiculturalism is located on the continuum and assessed. Finally, by tracing recent alterations to Singaporean multiculturalism, the final part of the paper suggests possible adaptations that may be required of plural societies when (en)countering extremist ideology.
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114651
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2012.
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Although the normative ideal of multiculturalism is the accommodation of communal
differences, Singaporean multiculturalism is instead integral to a corporatist form of
governance. This article argues that an emerging Singaporean-ness antithetical to the
necessary inter-communal divisions required for corporatism poses a strong challenge
to the manner in which the city-state is governed.
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