Political Change and Civil Society Coalitions in Singapore

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Ortmann
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Change ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
The Government ◽  
City State ◽  
The City

In the past few years, a number of civil society coalitions have emerged in the illiberal city-state of Singapore. They are the unintended result of a controlled process of liberalization which was initiated by the government in the 1990s in response to growing demands for participation. In particular, the internet has contributed to a more assertive, independent and better organized civil society, which can be seen as a significant step in the process of political change in the city-state.

scholarly journals Pentahelix Models in Developing Toruism Haritage Kajoetangan in Malang City

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nurul Wahida ◽  
Yana Hijri ◽  
Oman Sukmana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Principle ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The City

Malang Over the past 5 years in a row from 2014 to 2018 the number of tourists increased from 2.4 million to 4.8 million. Achievement is the motivation of government in promoting tourism in the city poor. One of the attractions which then began dikembangankan namely haritage Kajoetangan travel, new tour which was inaugurated in April 2018 with the theme of history and antiques are located in the center of the city of Malang. Tourism development has so far focused more Kajoetangan haritage tourist attraction in the form of introductions haritage buildings, antiques and themed spotfoto haritage. A lack of accessibility and the lack of facilities and infrastructure in the development of these tours make travel floating Kajoetangan not running optimally. Using descriptive qualitative research methods, Data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. The theory used is collaborative governance Amarson and Nabachi using pentehelix stakeholders namely the government, komonitas, private, academic, media. The results showed that the collaboration between the drivers civil society Kajoetangan, Malang haritage commonity, Department of culture and tourism of Malang city, bussines soak Ngalam, city Guede FM as well as the Institute of technology Malang, those actors have acted as facilitators, carry out tourism promotion and support in the implementation of program collaboration activity. Accomplishment collaboration activity indicates that Kajoetangan haritage have started to travel widely known but in terms of revenue contribution is still significant areas. Overall the realization of collaboration is then implemented with a common principle through dialogue forums, mutual motivation and capacity between actors, but there are some shortcomings that in this case not yet a tourism development Kajoetangan in aspects of facilities, accessibility and infrastructure and the interest of coordination between actors and commitment. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK IN PREDICTING BIRTH RATE IN BATAM CITY USING BACKPROPAGATION METHOD

JURTEKSI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jufri
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Backpropagation Method ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Abstract: The population growth in Indonesia is increasing rapidly every year, so to help the government control the population growth through family planning programs, especially in the city of Batam. This study explains and describes one of the Artificial Terms Network methods, namely Backpropagation, where this method can predict what will happen in the future using data and information in the past. This study aims to predict the birth rate in the city of Batam to help the government with the family planning program. The data used is the annual data on the number of births in the city of Batam in 2016-2020 at The Civil Registry Office. To facilitate the analysis of research data, the data were tested using Matlab R2015b. In this study, the training process was carried out using 3 network architectures, namely 4-10-1, 5-18-1, and 4-43-1. Of these 3 architectures, the best is the 4-43-1 architecture with an accuracy rate of 91% and an MSE value of 0.0012205. The Backpropagation method can predict the amount of population growth in the city of Batam based on existing data in the past.           Keywords: artificial neural network; backpropagation; prediction   Abstrak: Pertumbuhan jumlah penduduk diindonesia yang setiap tahun meningkat dengan pesat, maka untuk membantu pemerintah mengendalikan jumlah pertumbuhan penduduk melalui program keluarga berencana khususnya dikota Batam. Penelitian ini  menjelaskan dan memaparkan tentang salah satu metode Jaringan Syarat Tiruan yaitu Backpropagation, dimana metode ini dapat memprediksi apa yang akan terjadi masa yang akan datang dengan menggunakan data dan informasi dimasa lalu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memprediksi tingkat kelahiran di kota Batam sehingga membatu pemerintah untuk perencanaan keluarga berencana. Data yang digunakan yaitu data tahunan jumlah kelahiran di kota Batam pada tahun 2016-2020 pada Dinas Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil. Untuk mempermudah analisis data penelitian maka, data diuji menggunakan Matlab R2015b. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan proses pelatihan menggunakan  3 arsitektur jaringan yaitu 4-10-1, 5-18-1, dan 4-43-1. Dari ke-3 arsitektur ini yang terbaik adalah arsitektur 4-43-1 dengan tingkat akurasi sebesar 91% dan nilai MSE 0,0012205. Metode backpropagation mampu memprediksi jumlah pertumbuhan penduduk di kota Batam berdasarkan data yang ada dimasa lalu. Kata kunci: backpropagation; jaringan syaraf tiruan; prediksi 

scholarly journals Internet Control and Auto-regulation in Singapore

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Contested Space ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Internet Control ◽  
The World ◽  
City State ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

This paper sets out to consider the use of new media technologies in the city-state of Singapore, widely acknowledged as one of the most technologically-advanced and networked societies in the world. Singapore is well-known as a politically censorious and highly-regulated society, which has been subjected to frequent and fierce insults and criticisms by those hailing from liberal democratic traditions. Indeed, much has been said about how the Singapore polity resonates with a climate of fear, which gives rise to the prevalent practice of self-censorship. This paper examines how certain groups in Singapore attempt to employ the Internet to find their voice and seek their desired social, cultural and political ends, and how the regulatory devices adopted by the highly pervasive People Action's Party (PAP) government respond to and set limits to these online ventures whilst concomitantly pursuing national technological cum economic development strategies. It concludes that the Internet in Singapore is a highly contested space where the art of governmentality, in the forms of information controls and 'automatic' modes of regulation, is tried, tested, and subsequently perfected.

La société civile au Liban: ses forces et ses faiblesses

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-301
Author(s):  
Fadia Kiwan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Change ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
The State ◽  
Active Components ◽  
The Government ◽  
Société Civile

This paper investigates the multiple faces of Lebanese civil society, particularly focusing on the evolutions of the recent years. It reconstructs the state of the art in this field in order to see if Lebanese civil society could represent an alternative to ‘communitarian society’ and to the government of the traditional elites. The analysis starts from some relevant questions: which are, today, the most active components of Lebanese civil society and to which extent are they able to trigger change? To what extent the participation of the associations in Lebanon could be considered a mean of democratizationor, at least, a mean of political change? Was it possible for the civil society’s Organisations crossing the border lines of communitarianism, to develop a critical mass for change?The domestic and regional evolutions show a very complicated panorama where it seems very difficult to get out of confessionalism.

Industrial Restructuring and the Dynamics of City-State Adjustments

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
K C Ho
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Industrial Restructuring ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
International Capital ◽  
The Past ◽  
City State ◽  
The City

This paper directs attention to the rapid industrial changes experienced by the city-state in the past thirty years and the problems associated with a maturing economy. To provide a deeper understanding of the adjustment process, the analysis is done within the context of firm, state, and labour interactions. The analysis indicates that with land and labour resources becoming fully utilised, the city-state adjusts to the requirements of international capital by increasing the regional, technical, and sectoral division of labour.

Mexico: The Challenge of Democracy

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Cansino
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Made In

THE MEXICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY GOING through the most turbulent, disconcerting and complex end of a sexenio, or six-year presidential term, in memory. This is not the usual internal turmoil which has traditionally accompanied every change of administration, but a political crisis so great that it portends a process of political change destined to transform the very nature of the Mexican political regime itself.It may not be altogether new for this political regime to face the ‘democratic demands’ of important sectors of civil society; these demands have been made in the past in a variety of ways and with various consequences. However, this time the call for democracy constitutes an authentic challenge to the continuity and autonomy of the regime, and this is an extraordinary, highly significant development.

scholarly journals Developing a FinTech Ecosystem in Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges for Startups

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 04001
Author(s):  
Van Thien Hao
Keyword(s):  
Market Value ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Market Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Market ◽  
The Government

In the article, the author has analyzed the current situation of fintech market development and Vietnam’s startup ecosystem in recent years. The research results show that, in the past 3 years, the number of fintech companies in Vietnam has nearly quadrupled, the market value in 2020 is estimated at 9 billion USD. With 72% of adults using smartphones, nearly 64% of the population using the Internet, along with the young generation of technology-savvy, the explosion of e-commerce and the support of the Government, Vietnam is a potential market for implementing tech startup models. Opportunities and challenges for fintech startups in Vietnam have been discussed by the author, from which solutions to develop fintech ecosystems are proposed in the upcoming time.

scholarly journals CONSTRUCTION RIPPLE PHENOMENON AND THE RISE OF ‘GENERIC BUILDINGS’ IN YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Trias Mahendarto
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Unique Characteristic ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic Modernization ◽  
Urban Characteristics

Abstract: Starting from the past decade, Indonesia is growing rapidly in the construction of infrastructures that are being fully supported by the government in order to reach the goal of becoming one of the leading countries in the future. Such development created the construction ripple phenomenon that was instigated by the private sector to fill the construction voids left by the rapid development of infrastructure, and it pressurizes cities to grow or change in order to coup with the infrastructure advancements. This phenomenon has affected the cities in Indonesia, even those that are not considered as the planned centers of developments, such as Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is experiencing the effects of the ripple in the form of the rising number of generic buildings that are spreading fast around the city. This will, in turn, dictate the future of Yogyakarta’s ever-evolving Genius Loci. This research will see how much the construction ripple phenomenon has affected the city of Yogyakarta by conducting surveys on the generic buildings that have been built or in the planning stage of construction. A thorough analysis will be then made, also by conducting literature studies, to conclude the ways and steps to try maintaining Yogyakarta’s unique characteristic as a city in the ever-growing pressure of economic modernization that is currently spreading throughout Indonesia. If these steps are being done correctly, then Yogyakarta can become one of the examples of how cities in Indonesia coup with the construction ripple phenomenon without can losing its unique urban characteristics. Keywords: construction ripple phenomenon, Yogyakarta, Generic buildings, Genius LociAbstrak: Semenjak decade terakhir, Indonesia sedang mengalami perkembangan signifikan di bidang pembangunan infrastuktur yang didukung penuh oleh Pemerintah agar dapat mengejar target untuk menjadi salah satu negara maju di masa depan. Perkembangan tersebut memunculkan fenomena ‘construction ripple’, yang didorong oleh sektor swasta untuk mengisi kekosongan pembangunan karena pemerintah hanya berkonsentrasi pada pembangunan infrastuktur, dan hal tersebut menekan kota-kota untuk berkembang atau berubah. Fenomena ini telah terjadi di berbagai kota di Indonesia, bahkan di kota yang tidak menjadi pusat perkembangan infrastuktur, seperti kota Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta sedang mengalami efek dari fenomena ini dalam bentuk munculnya bangunan generik yang tersebar luas di seluruh kota. Perkembangan ini akan mempengaruhi masa depan Genius Loci kota Yogyakarta, yang terus berevolusi. Penelitian ini melihat sejauh mana bangunan generik mempengaruhi kota Yogyakarta, melalui survey bangunan generik yang terbangun atau sedang dalam proses pembangunan. Analisis mendalam dilakukan, dengan disertai studi literatur, untuk melihat cara menjaga keunikan kota Yogyakarta terhadap tekanan pembangunan yang terus terjadi. Diharapkan kota Yogyakarta menjadi contoh kota-kota di Indonesia menerima efek fenomena ‘construction ripple’ tanpa kehilangan kekhasan.Kata kunci: construction ripple phenomenon, Yogyakarta, bangunan generik, Genius Loci

scholarly journals Impact of Landuse and Landcover on Valuation using Geospatial Technology in Madurai District, Tamilnadu, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 4868-4871
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Research Community ◽  
The South ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Market Rate ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Guideline Value ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Analysis of urban sprawl is an issue that has been continuously attracting attention in the planning and research community. This paper presents the results of an analysis of the growth of the city of Madurai. Madurai is a city in the south part of Tamilnadu, commonly referred to as Temple City with many historical cultural places being safeguarded. The population of Madurai has grown tremendously and hence the need for more build up area has increased during the past 12 years. In our study, we analyze the development of urbanization in terms of Landuse, Landcover between 2007 and 2019 using GLR and PMR values. The growth of population is directly proportional to the value of the land which is evident by the growth in GLR and PMR values. GLR is the guideline value from the government sector for a land while PMR is the privilege market rate for the same land.

Malawi’s Mutharika may struggle to be re-elected

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Electoral Reform ◽  
Democratic Progressive Party ◽  
Cholera Outbreak ◽  
Content Type ◽  
People's Party ◽  
The Past ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Progressive Party

Subject Pressured Malawian president Significance Recurring corruption crises over the past year have seen President Peter Mutharika and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s popularity decline. Despite such travails, the DPP has recently attempted to consolidate its hold on parliament by co-opting members of the opposition People’s Party (PP). This comes soon after rebel PP members controversially supported DPP efforts to defeat an electoral reform bill that would have weakened Mutharika’s 2019 re-election hopes. Impacts The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) will receive intensified overtures from the main parties ahead of the 2019 poll. Despite the recent parliamentary setbacks, a civil society push for electoral reform is unlikely to subside. Failure properly to combat a cholera outbreak in the Central and Northern regions would put further pressure on the government.

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