Identity, Privacy and Technology in Singapore
Identity, Privacy and Technology in Singapore
The Singaporean government, while democratic, is highly authoritarian. This paper examines the relationship, in the context of ICT and e-government, between the government and the individual in Singapore, using the examples of online tax return filing, and public health control, and argues that the People’s Action Party government’s pragmatic ideology is a key variable in explaining this relationship. For an effective interaction between individual and government, the government insists on the use of an identity constructed along well-understood lines, and marginalises those who attempt to communicate in other ways (e.g. using blogs). This is consistent with PAP government practice with respect to its offline relations.
Singapore, e-government, privacy, identity, trust, ideology, pragmatism, democracy, authoritarianism, communitarianism
O'Hara, Kieron
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May 2008
O'Hara, Kieron
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O'Hara, Kieron
(2008)
Identity, Privacy and Technology in Singapore.
Identity and the Information Society, Arona, Italy.
28 - 30 May 2008.
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Abstract
The Singaporean government, while democratic, is highly authoritarian. This paper examines the relationship, in the context of ICT and e-government, between the government and the individual in Singapore, using the examples of online tax return filing, and public health control, and argues that the People’s Action Party government’s pragmatic ideology is a key variable in explaining this relationship. For an effective interaction between individual and government, the government insists on the use of an identity constructed along well-understood lines, and marginalises those who attempt to communicate in other ways (e.g. using blogs). This is consistent with PAP government practice with respect to its offline relations.
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Published date: May 2008
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Event Dates: 28-30 May, 2008
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Identity and the Information Society, Arona, Italy, 2008-05-28 - 2008-05-30
Keywords:
Singapore, e-government, privacy, identity, trust, ideology, pragmatism, democracy, authoritarianism, communitarianism
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Web & Internet Science
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Local EPrints ID: 265992
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/265992
PURE UUID: 8d434776-3cdb-4168-8bcd-da8ad757b4e8
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