{"title":"Cherian George","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"air-conditioned-nation-revisited-by-cherian-george","title":"Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited／by Cherian George","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThink of Singapore instead as the Air-Conditioned Nation—a society with a unique blend of comfort and central control, where people have mastered their environment, but at the cost of individual autonomy, and at the risk of unsustainability.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAir-Conditioned Nation Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e is an anthology of essays on Singapore politics by Cherian George. It draws upon his influential collection \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSingapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), on the country's politics of comfort and control, and from \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSingapore, Incomplete\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), on its underdeveloped democracy. Updated for the impending transition to a new generation of leaders, this 20th anniversary edition of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAir-Conditioned Nation\u003c\/em\u003e offers critical reflections on continuity and change in Singapore’s unique political culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCherian George, born in Singapore in 1965, is a journalist-turned-academic who has written on Singapore politics for 30 years. After studying social and political sciences at Cambridge and journalism at Columbia, he spent the 1990s working at the Straits Times. He received his PhD in communication at Stanford in 2003 and is currently a professor of media studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe researches media freedom, censorship, and hate propaganda in Asia and around the world. His six previous books include \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy \u003c\/em\u003e(MIT Press), which was selected by \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the 100 Best Books of 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599384121562,"sku":"9789811448201","price":27.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9344\/0730\/products\/59.jpg?v=1649330208"},{"product_id":"freedom-from-the-press-by-cherian-george","title":"Freedom From the Press \/ by Cherian George","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor several decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international anomaly, combining an advanced, open economy with restrictions on civil liberties and press freedom. Freedom from the Press analyses the republic's media system, showing how it has been structured - like the rest of the political framework - to provide maximum freedom of manoeuvre for the People's Action Party (PAP) government. Cherian George assessed why the PAP's \"freedom from the press\" model has lasted longer than many other authoritarian systems. He suggests that one key factor has been the PAP's recognition that market forces could be harnessed as a way to tame journalism. Another counter-intuitive strategy is its self-restraint in the use of force, progressively turning to subtler means of control that are less prone to backfire. The PAP has also remained open to internal reform, even as it tries to insulate itself from political competition. Thus, although increasingly challenged by dissenting views disseminated through the internet, the PAP has so far managed to consolidate its soft-authoritarian, hegemonic form of electoral democracy. Given Singapore's unique place on the world map of press freedom and democracy, this book not only provides a constructive engagement with ongoing debates about the city-state but also makes a significant contribution to the comparative study of journalism and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-cke-eol=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599417839834,"sku":"","price":41.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9344\/0730\/products\/60.jpg?v=1649330528"},{"product_id":"singapore-incomplete-by-cherian-george","title":"Singapore, Incomplete \/ by Cherian George","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSingapore, Incomplete: Reflections on a First World nation’s arrested political development \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the government lays the ground for a transition to a fourth generation of leaders after the death of Lee Kuan Yew and its 2015 general election triumph, Cherian George considers the unfinished business of political liberalisation and multicultural integration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSingapore, Incomplete\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of personal reflections about the country’s underdeveloped political culture and structure. “Ours is a middle-aged country with a maturing economy—but a political system that treats us like children,” he argues. George calls for more open “rules of engagement” that will protect and celebrate a diversity of ideas and beliefs. He critiques Singapore’s culture of fear, the lack of political transparency, and governmental groupthink. This is his first book for a general audience since Singapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-cke-eol=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42600005009626,"sku":"9789811147791","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9344\/0730\/products\/78.jpg?v=1649339865"}],"url":"https:\/\/citybookroom.com\/zh-tw\/collections\/cherian-george.oembed","provider":"City Book Room ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}