CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Poon, Yee Suan |
|---|---|
| Title | Collaborative Governance in a Semi-Autocratic Context: Disability and Violence Against Women in Singapore |
| Summary | In areas of social inequality, the inclusion of non-state actors and citizens in the policy process is important for creating legitimate, responsive and just policies. Frameworks on collaborative governance and participation have been largely developed based on examples from Western, democratic countries. This thesis examines the applicability of these frameworks to analyse mechanisms of participation available to civil society organisations (CSOs) in the non-Western, non-democratic country of Singapore. Two areas are examined: disability and tackling violence against women. The participation of CSOs in policymaking is examined using data from qualitative interviews and secondary research. Mechanisms of participation available to CSOs are found to be extremely limited in influence, although they may boost policy implementation. Existing frameworks on collaborative governance and participation can be applied to autocratic contexts if supplemented with emphasis on analysing areas of power asymmetry, indicated in the broader social political environment, particularly given that collaboration requires power-sharing, which is the antithesis of autocratic governments. Within mechanisms of participation, an analysis is needed of the policy stages in which non-government actors are involved, to ascertain the scope of their influence and the level of control that the government is willing to cede in the process of collaboration. |
| Supervisor | Andrea Krizsán |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/poon_yee-suan.pdf |
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