Lee Managing Chineseness

Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-58258-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies (R0)

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore. Looking at Chinese Singaporean employees at a French multi-national firm, the author explores the evolving social constructions of 'Chineseness'. Sociologist Manuel Castells once hailed Singapore as 'the only true Leninist project that has survived', and Lee revisits the Singapore 'social laboratory', addressing recent dialectics that transpire within the global political economy. Currently, professional actors need to address the demands of dual hegemony in response to China's rise in the Western-dominated capitalist political economy. Underlying these constructions are enduring dispositions that mediate interpretations of professionalism. The author puts to test the potential for change, surveying a large cohort of teachers as makers of future professionals. The question is, does change occur in the domain of practice or the habitus, if it is possible in the first place? The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in Sociology, Identity and Ethnicity, Business Management, Globalisation, Organizational Sociology and Sociology of Education.    

Daphnee Lee is Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Daphnee

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;8
3;LIST OF ACRONYMS;9
4;LIST OF FIGURES;11
5;Chapter 1: Managing Chineseness as Identity Grafting;12
5.1;Identity Grafting: Accelerated Development and Dual Hegemony;13
5.2;The Management of Chineseness;18
5.3;Managing Chineseness;26
5.4;The Inquiry Journey;28
5.5;ECI: Microcosm of Global Political Economy;32
5.6;Demographical Constructs;42
5.7;Linguistic Primacy;44
5.8;Childhood Socioeconomic Status;47
5.9;Working Backwards on the Education Timeline;49
5.10;Ethical Considerations;54
5.11;Outline of Managing Chineseness;56
5.12;Notes;58
5.13;Bibliography;61
6;Chapter 2: Sleepy Fishing Village Overrun by Immigrants?;66
6.1;Pre-Independence Singapore;68
6.2;Post-Independence: Proactive Ethnic Management;72
6.3;The Function of Ethnic Management in the Singapore Political Economy;75
6.3.1;Phase 1: English-Speaking Labor—At a Fraction of the Price;76
6.3.2;Phase 2: Speak Mandarin—Singapore as the Gateway to Asia;78
6.3.3;Phase 3: GLC—Hallmark of Reliability;80
6.3.4;Phase 4: Economic Diversification—Obsolescence of CMIO Social Compact;82
6.4;Economic Excellence: The Basis for Ethnic Management;86
6.5;Conclusion;87
6.6;Notes;88
6.7;Bibliography;91
7;Chapter 3: Typologizing Chineseness;95
7.1;Situational Chinese;101
7.2;Born-Again Chinese;105
7.3;Integrated Chinese;108
7.4;Repressed Chinese;111
7.5;A Typology of Chineseness;113
7.6;Transnational Professionalism;114
7.7;Singapore Teachers;117
7.8;Conclusion;119
7.9;Notes;120
7.10;Bibliography;121
8;Chapter 4: The Complex;122
8.1;I Have Very Few Managers Who Believe they Compare Equally to Westerners;123
8.2;Repressed Chineseness—We Always Regard the Westerners as More Superior;125
8.3;Transcending Orientalism—I Am in for the Kill to Close the Deal;128
8.4;Identity Grafting of Chineseness upon an Economic Base of Accelerated Development;134
8.5;Conclusion;143
8.6;Notes;144
8.7;Bibliography;145
9;Chapter 5: The Boys Wear High Heels with Platforms;147
9.1;Echoing China’s No;148
9.2;Born-Again Chinese—You Don’t Like Our Food but We Don’t Like Your Sausages Either;152
9.3;Integrated Chinese—Being a Part, Yet Apart;156
9.4;Identity Grafting of Chineseness within a Dual Hegemonic Framework;161
9.5;Conclusion;166
9.6;Notes;167
9.7;Bibliography;168
10;Chapter 6: Sunshine, Bananas, and Coconuts;171
10.1;‘Lazy Native’: Subjugation by Peer Orientalism;175
10.2;‘Willful Native’: Peer Oriental as Threat;177
10.3;Peer Orientalism at ECI;181
10.4;Identity Grafting and Peer Orientalism;187
10.5;Conclusion;192
10.6;Notes;192
10.7;Bibliography;193
11;Chapter 7: Singapore Society in Transition, Really?;196
11.1;Social Constructions of Chineseness;198
11.2;Recipients and Makers of Education;202
11.3;Policy Implications;209
11.4;Theoretical Implications;219
11.5;Notes;234
11.6;Bibliography;236
12;Chapter 8: Indeed;240
12.1;An Afterthought on Identity Grafting;251
12.2;Notes;256
12.3;Bibliography;256
13;Bibliography;258
14;Index;259