Transient workers count too? The intersection of citizenship and gender in Singapore's civil society

Sojourn

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-248

  Lyons, Lenore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844542803     PISSN: 02179520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1355/SJ20-2E     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. Alcoff, Linda. "The Problem of Speaking for Others". Cultural Critique, Winter 1991, pp. 5-32.
2. Anderson, Bridget. Doing the Dirty Work? The Global Politics ofDomestic Labour. London: Zed Books, 2000.
3. Arshad, Arlina. "Maid Abuse Not Rampant Here - Survey". Straits Times, 28 December 2003a.
4. Arshad, Arlina. "A Maid's Life". Straits Times, 28 December 2003b.
5. Ball, Rochelle, and Nicola Piper. "Globalisation and Regulation of Citizenship: Filipino Migrant Workers in Japan". Political Geography 21 (2002): 1013-34.
6. Channel NewsAsia. "May Day Concert for Foreign Workers at Orchard Green", 9 May 2004.
7. Channel NewsAsia. "Labour Movement Speaks Out Against Errant Employers of Foreign Workers", 18 July 2004.
8. Channel NewsAsia. "NTUC Chief Suggests Singapore Lower Its Foreign Worker Dependency Ratio", 27 July 2004.
9. "Chastised Once, but Writer Stands by Her Views". Straits Times, 21 June 2003.
10. Chin, Christine B.N. "Visible Bodies, Invisible Work: State Practices toward Migrant Women Domestic Workers in Malaysia". Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 12, nos. 1-2 (2003): 49-73.
11. Chua Beng-Huat. "The Relative Autonomies of the State and Civil Society". In StateSociety Relations in Singapore, edited by Gillian Koh and Ooi Giok Ling. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and Oxford University Press, 2000.
12. Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People (CMI). "About Us". www.migrants.org.sg/aboutus.htm (accessed 5 December 2003).
13. Constable, N. Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories ofFilipina Workers. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997.
14. "Foreigners Welcome to Join Unions". Straits Times, 8 March 2004.
15. George, Cherian. "The Internet and the Narrow Tailoring Dilemma for 'Asian' Democracies". Communication Review 6 (2003): 247-68.
16. . In Feminism and the Politics of Difference, edited by S. Gunew and A. Yeatinan. St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1993.
17. Haas, Michael. "The Politics of Singapore in the 1980s". Journal ofContemporary Asia 19, no. 1 (1989): 48-77.
18. Hilsdon, Anne-Marie, M. Macintyre, Vera Mackie, and Maila Stivens, eds. Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia Pacific Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2000.
19. Ho K.C., Zaheer Baber, and Habibul Khondker. "'Sites' of Resistance: Alternative Websites and State-Society Relations". British Journal ofSociology 53, no. 1 (2002): 127-48.
20. Ho Kai Leong. The Politics ofPolhy-Making in Singapore. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
21. Ho, Karen, and Elena Chong. "Starved Battered Dead ...; Nine Months of Maid Abuse Went Unnoticed". Straits Times, 20 July 2002.
22. . Geoforum 27, no. 4 (1996): 417-93.
23. Huang, Shirlena. " Maids and Ma'ams in Singapore: Constructing Gender and Nationality in the Transnationalisation of Paid Domestic Work". Geography Research Forum 18 (1998): 21-48.
24. Law, Lisa. "Sites ofTransnational Activism: Filipino Non-Government Organisations in Hong Kong". In Gender Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by S.A. Yeoh, P. Teo, and S. Huang. London: Routledge, 2003.
25. . 1~uarinlan 14, nos. 3-4 (1999): 51-68.
26. Lee Hsien Loong. "I Have No Doubt Our Society Must Open Up Further". Straits Times, 7 January 2004a.
27. Lee Hsien Loong. Swearing in Speech: Let's Shape Our Future Together. Singapore: Singapore Government Media Release, 2004b.
28. Lee, Terence. "The Politics of Civil Society in Singapore". Asian Stue&s Review 26, no. 1 (2002): 97-117.
29. Lian, Daniel. "Economic Watch: A Bigger Singapore?" The Edge (Singapore), 20 September 2004.
30. Lim Lin Lean and Nana Oishi. "International Labor Migration of Asian Women: Distinctive Characteristics and Policy Concerns". Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 5, no. I (1996): 85-116.
31. Lim, Lydia. "Scoping Out Societies". Straits Times, 17 July 2004.
32. Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya. "The Globalization of Labor and the Politics of Foreign Debt in the Philippines: The Experience of Overseas Filipino Domestic Workers". Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, 4-7 April 200 1, Washington, DC, 200 1.
33. Low, Linda. "The Political Economy of Migrant Worker Policy in Singapore". Asia Pacific Business Review 8, no. 4 (2001): 95-118.
34. Lyons, Lenore. "The Limits of Feminist Political Intervention in Singapore". Journal of Contemporary Asia 30, no. I (2000a): 67-83.
35. Lyons, Lenore. "A State of Ambivalence: Feminism and a Singaporean Women's Organisation". Asian Studies Review 24, no. I (2000b): 1-24.
36. Lyons, Lenore. A State ofAmbivalence. The Feminist Movement in Singapore. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2004.
37. Lyons, Lenore. "Embodying Transnationalism: The Making of the Maid". In Corporeal Inscriptions: Representations of the Body in Cultural and Literary Texts and Practices, edited by Edyta Lorek-Jeziñska and Katarzyna. Wiêckowska. Torun: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolas Copernicus University Press, 2005.
38. Mauzy, Diane K, and R.S. Milne. Singapore Politics under the People's Action Party. London: Routledge, 2002.
39. Ministry of Manpower. "Guide on Employment of Foreign Domestic Workers". Ministry of Manpower Singapore, 24 August 2004. http:// www.mom.gov.sg/MOM/WPD/Others/GeneralGuideFDWEmplymnt24Aug04.pdf (accessed 28 February 2005).
40. Neo Chai Chin. "Waxing Lyrical about Maids". Straits Times, 19 April 2004.
41. "New Maids to Take Test in Batam". Straits Times, 16 February 2004.
42. Ng Shing Yi. "Through the Eyes of a Child". Today, 24 October 2003.
43. Parliamentary Debates, Republic of Singapore: Official Report. Part IV of First Session of Tenth Parliament, vol. 77, no. 18. Singapore: Singapore Parliament, 2004.
44. People Like Us. "Forum: Gays and Lesbians within Singapore 21". http://www.geocities.com/plu-singapore/gls21f02.htm (accessed 20 May 2003).
45. Perera, Leon, and Tisa Ng. "Foreign Funding: Managing Conflicting Views". In Building Social Space in Singapore. The Working Committee's Initiative in Civil Society Activism, edited by L. Perera. Singapore: Select Publishing, 2002.
46. Piper, Nicola. "Feminization of Labor Migration as Violence Against Women: International, Regional, and Local Non-Governmental Organization Responses in Asia". Violence Against Women 9, no. 6 (2003): 723-45.
47. Price, Imran Andrew, and Chi-Sharn Lim. "Lees Have Affordable Alternatives". Straits Times, 3 October 2003.
48. PuruShotam, Nirmala. "Between Compliance and Resistance: Women and the Middle-Class Way of Life in Singapore". In Gender and Power in Affluent Asia, edited by K. Sen and M. Stivens. London: Routledge, 1998.
49. Rodan, Garry. "Preserving the One-Party State in Contemporary Singapore". In SoutheastAsia in the 1990s.- Authoritarianism Democracy and Capitalism edited by G. Rodan. St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1993.
50. Rodan, Garry. "State-Society Relations and Political Opposition in Singapore". In Political Oppositions in Industrialising Asia, edited by G. Rodan. London: Routledge, 1996.
51. Rodan, Garry. "Embracing Electronic Media but Suppressing Civil Society: Authoritarian Consolidation in Singapore". Pacific Review 16, no. 4 (2003): 503-24.
52. S21 Facilitation Committee. "Singapore 21". http:// www.singapore21.org.sg (accessed 4 June 2003).
53. Sampaio, Anna. "Transnational Feminisms in a New Global Matrix: Hermanas en la Lucha". International Feminist Journal of Politics 6, no. 2 (2004): 181-206.
54. Singam, Constance. "Worker Treatment Reflects on S'pore". Straits Times, 3 October 2003.
55. Singam, Constance, Tan Chong Kee, Tisa Ng, and Leon Perera. Building Social Space in Singapore: The Working Committee Initiative in Civil Society Activism. Singapore: Select Publishing, 2002.
56. Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. "Can the Subaltern Speak?" In Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, edited by L. Grossberg and C. Nelson. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
57. Tan, Jean. "Law Does Protect Maids". Straits Times, 21 August 2002.
58. Tan, Jean. "Govt Cannot Open Floodgates to Maids". Straits Times, 17 September 2002.
59. Tan, Jean. "Go for Individual Contracts". Straits Times, 5 August 2003.
60. Tan Tarn How. "Rest Day for Maids - 'Make It a Must"'. Straits Times, 24 June 2003.
61. Tan, Theresa. "... and Here's One for Ahmed Maids". Straits Times, 25 January 2003.
62. Tan, Theresa. "Group Can't Get Nod for Anti-Violence Events". Straits Times, 22 November 2003.
63. Tan, Theresa, and Maria Almenoar. "It's Back to the Classroom for Fussy Employers of Maids". Straits Times, 3 September 2004.
64. Tanaka, Yayoi. "Singapore: Subtle NGO Control by a Developmentalist Welfare State". In The State and NGOs. Perspectives from Asia, edited by S. Shigctomi. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002.
65. Tee Hun Ching. "They're Maid Like You and I". Straits Times, 22 October 2003.
66. Teng Qian Xi. "Dignity for Maids - Forum to Highlight the Plight of Foreign Domestic Workers". Today, 5 July 2003.
67. The Working Committee 2 (TWC2). "Day Offi Photographs of Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore". http://www.aware.org.sg/twc2/ photoex.shtml (accessed 5 December 2003a).
68. The Working Committee. "Maid in Singapore: What Our Children Have to Say". http://www.aware.org.sg/twc2/maidinsg.shtml (accessed 5 December 2003b).
69. The Working Committee. "Our Objectives". http:// www.aware.org.sg/twc2/who.shtml (accessed 5 December 2003c).
70. The Working Commitee. "White Ribbon Campaign Singapore 2003". http://www.aware.org.sg/twc2/wrc.shtml (accessed 5 December 2003d).
71. The Working Commitee. The Working Committee 2. Activities and Impact. Singapore: TWC2, 2003e.
72. The Working Commitee. Constitution of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2). Singapore: TWC2, n.d.-a.
73. The Working Commitee. Foreign Domestic Workers Bill A Draft Proposal (Notes) Singapore: TWC2, n.d.-b.
74. The Working Commitee. Resource Centre. A Centrefor Foreign Domestic Worker Matters. Singapore: TWC2, n.d.-c.
75. Weekley, Kathleen. "Saving Pennies for the State: A New Role for Filipino Migrant Workers?" Journal of Contemporary Asia 34, no. 3 (2004): 349-63.
76. White Ribbon campaign. "About Us". http://www.whiteribbon.ca/ about_us/ (accessed 5 December 2003).
77. Worthington, Ross. Governance in Singapore. London: Routledge Curzon, 2003.
78. Yeoh, Brenda S.A., and Shirlena Huang. "Spaces at the Margins: Foreign Domestic Workers and the Development of Civil Society in Singapore". Paper presented at the International Conference on Women in the Asia-Pacific Region: Persons, Power, and Politics, 11-13 August 1997, Singapore.
79. Yeoh, Brenda S.A., "Negotiating Public Space: Strategies and Styles of Migrant Female Domestic Workers in Singapore". Urban Studies 35, no. 3 (1998): 583-603.
80. Yeoh, Brendda S. A., "Spaces at the Margins: Foreign Domestic Workers and the Development of Civil Society in Singapore". Environment and PlanningA 3 1, no. 7 (1999): 1149-67.
81. Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Shirlena Huang, and Theresa W. Devasahayam. "Diasporic Subjects in the Nation: Foreign Domestic Workers, the Reach of the Law and Civil Society in Singapore". Asian Studies Review 28, no. 1 (2004): 7-24.
82. Yeoh, Brenda SA., Shirlena Huang, and Joaquin Gonzalez III. "Migrant Domestic Female Workers: Debating the Economic, Social and Political Impacts in Singapore". International Migration Review 33, no. 1 (1999): 114-36.
83. Zakaria Zuzanita. "Surprise Invite for Aware as Petition Delivered". Straits Times, 10 September 1998, p. 30.