Producing and Contesting Meanings of Participation in Planning: The Case of Singapore (1985–2020)

IF 2.4 3区社会学 Q2 URBAN STUDIES

Urban Affairs Review Pub Date : 2022-10-09 DOI:10.1177/10780874221130530

January Lim, Angeliki Paidakaki, H. Verschure, P. van den Broeck

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Abstract

This paper examines how the concept of participation in planning has been constructed by state and nonstate actors in the politico-institutional context of Singapore. Our objective is to gain a deeper understanding of the political dynamics shaping ideas about participation, and the impact of these contested constructions on the perpetuation of the ruling party's political control. Drawing on strategic-relational institutionalist planning and cultural political economy theories, we analyze 312 documents including government and civil society periodicals, parliamentary debates, and academic publications, focusing on the planning and participatory practices of Singapore's national planning agency from the mid-1980s to 2020. The findings reveal that state-led coalitions continuously reframed participation as an instrument of economic growth, nation-building, and activism-management, while nonstate-led coalitions emerged to transform state-civil society relations through promoting and materializing alternative meanings of participation. These dynamics demonstrate the potentialities and limitations of democratizing urban planning and governance in Singapore's hybrid regime.

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参与规划意义的产生与质疑——以新加坡为例（1985-2020）

本文考察了在新加坡的政治制度背景下，国家和非国家行为者是如何构建参与规划的概念的。我们的目标是更深入地了解塑造参与理念的政治动态，以及这些有争议的结构对执政党政治控制权永久化的影响。借鉴战略关系制度主义规划和文化政治经济学理论，我们分析了312份文件，包括政府和民间社会期刊、议会辩论和学术出版物，重点关注新加坡国家规划机构从20世纪80年代中期到2020年的规划和参与实践。研究结果表明，国家领导的联盟不断将参与重新定义为经济增长、国家建设和行动主义管理的工具，而非国家领导的联合则通过促进和具体化参与的替代意义来改变国家与民间社会的关系。这些动态表明，在新加坡的混合制度中，城市规划和治理民主化的潜力和局限性。

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