The nominated member of parliament scheme : are unelected voices still necessary in arliament? : a collection of perspectives and personal reflections by NMPs /
The nominated member of parliament scheme : are unelected voices still necessary in arliament? : a collection of perspectives and personal reflections by NMPs /
edited by Anthea Indira Ong
- New Jersey : World Scientific, 2023
- 1 online resource (387, pages) : color illustrations.
https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/ is required to read this e-book.
Includes index
Section 1 — (N)OVEL -- PREFACE: NOVEL : a parliamentary experiment -- One way -- Origins of the NMP scheme : contributing an independent perspective -- Democracy, legitimacy and civil society -- NMPs as “loving critics” of Singapore -- Then and Now, for the future -- Section 2 — (M)ERITS -- Preface -- Lessons from my extended classroom : tempering technological utopianism with circumspection -- Sport and institutionalizing a sports NMP -- Speaking for the trees in parliament -- POFMA : duty, conscience or both? -- Dilemmas and challenges for the labour NMP -- A baptism of fire -- NMP as advocate, or advocate as NMP? -- Speaking personally, clearly and kindly -- Section 3 — (P)OSSIBILITIES -- Preface -- Make the NMP scheme irrelevant -- Not just a youth NMP -- Choosing an NMP for the Arts : a unique process -- The education motion : animus, process, potential -- Constitutionally engineering non-partisanship -- Are elected MPs enough?
Although more than 30 years have passed since the Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) scheme was introduced in 1990, it remains controversial and poorly understood today.Have NMPs raised views that elected MPs - on both sides of the House - could or did not?
Have they kept voters away from the Opposition, or been a bulwark of loving critics in the midst of a parliamentary supermajority?In this first book devoted to the NMP scheme, former NMP Anthea Ong brings together 19 colleagues past and present to discuss their experiences in office, from the Population White Paper to the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, and what being appointed has meant to them personally.In exploring the workings and impact of the NMP scheme, the contributors hope this book will invite Singaporeans to consider how their NMPs should and must represent them, aside from their elected representatives. And in doing so, ask: What sort of Parliament does Singapore, as an evolving society, deserve?
9789811258466 (e-book)
Asian studies
Legislative bodies
Legislators--Selection and appointment--Singapore
Legislators--Singapore
Nominations for office--Singapore
Singapore--Politics and government--20th century
JQ1063 / A58 N72 2023
https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/ is required to read this e-book.
Includes index
Section 1 — (N)OVEL -- PREFACE: NOVEL : a parliamentary experiment -- One way -- Origins of the NMP scheme : contributing an independent perspective -- Democracy, legitimacy and civil society -- NMPs as “loving critics” of Singapore -- Then and Now, for the future -- Section 2 — (M)ERITS -- Preface -- Lessons from my extended classroom : tempering technological utopianism with circumspection -- Sport and institutionalizing a sports NMP -- Speaking for the trees in parliament -- POFMA : duty, conscience or both? -- Dilemmas and challenges for the labour NMP -- A baptism of fire -- NMP as advocate, or advocate as NMP? -- Speaking personally, clearly and kindly -- Section 3 — (P)OSSIBILITIES -- Preface -- Make the NMP scheme irrelevant -- Not just a youth NMP -- Choosing an NMP for the Arts : a unique process -- The education motion : animus, process, potential -- Constitutionally engineering non-partisanship -- Are elected MPs enough?
Although more than 30 years have passed since the Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) scheme was introduced in 1990, it remains controversial and poorly understood today.Have NMPs raised views that elected MPs - on both sides of the House - could or did not?
Have they kept voters away from the Opposition, or been a bulwark of loving critics in the midst of a parliamentary supermajority?In this first book devoted to the NMP scheme, former NMP Anthea Ong brings together 19 colleagues past and present to discuss their experiences in office, from the Population White Paper to the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, and what being appointed has meant to them personally.In exploring the workings and impact of the NMP scheme, the contributors hope this book will invite Singaporeans to consider how their NMPs should and must represent them, aside from their elected representatives. And in doing so, ask: What sort of Parliament does Singapore, as an evolving society, deserve?
9789811258466 (e-book)
Asian studies
Legislative bodies
Legislators--Selection and appointment--Singapore
Legislators--Singapore
Nominations for office--Singapore
Singapore--Politics and government--20th century
JQ1063 / A58 N72 2023