Conceptualizing Islamic banking and finance: a comparison of its development and governance in Malaysia and Singapore

In response to the limited engagement with critical social science concerning the governance of Islamic banking and finance (IBF), this paper compares and conceptualizes the development and governance of IBF in Malaysia and Singapore. We argue that IBF governance in Malaysia and Singapore can be distinguished on the basis of ethnic politics, moral suasion, product demand, product innovation, and the character of state practices. Concerning the latter, we contend that the political economy of both countries can be characterized as broadly involving a ‘neoliberal-developmentalism’, but we nuance this by positing a transition in Malaysia from a ‘semi-developmentalism’ in the 1980s to what we call an ‘Islamic and internationalising ordoliberalism’ beginning in the 2000s. In turn, the governance of IBF in Singapore involves a combination of neoliberal developmentalism, which nonetheless also entails some form of Islamic ordoliberalism.     

从人口普查看20世纪上半叶马来亚华人妇女经济参与的变化

20世纪以来,随着马来亚经济发展,华人妇女经济参与日益扩大,尤其在30、40年代,马来亚华人妇女劳动力进入所有行业,她们的职业领域也在拓展。这一时期影响华人妇女劳动力行业分布和职业分布的主要因素是1929——1933年经济危机所引起的移民政策变化和华人产业结构调整,以及女子教育的发展和社会性别模式。     

中国企业"走出去"战略:新加坡的实例

近年,中国企业在新加坡的投资迅速扩展,在新加坡上市的中资企业已颇具规模.中资企业在新加坡投资与经营为我国企业实施"走出去"战略提供了有益的经验,促进了企业经营管理机制的转换,提升了企业的国际竞争力.不过,中资企业在新加坡投资仍面临着一些亟待解决的问题.     

新加坡:2013 年发展回顾与 2014 年展望

2013年,新加坡政治社会稳定,经济保持较为强劲的增长势头,全年经济增长4.1％,外交上加强与东盟国家、美国、日本的合作,积极开拓非洲、拉丁美洲等新兴市场,与中国的关系保持了良好发展势头.     

新加坡国际国内商事仲裁制度比较研究

新加坡是亚洲乃至世界上重要的新兴国际商事仲裁中心。为减少法院干预以支持国际商事仲裁发展,新加坡采取了国际国内仲裁分别立法的模式,形成了各具特色的国际国内仲裁法律制度体系。文章采用比较研究的方法,考察分析新加坡国际国内商事仲裁法律制度中的仲裁协议制度和仲裁裁决追诉制度等。     

从边缘到主流:新加坡儒家文化发展经验对我国的启示

中国与新加坡具有相近的儒家文化传统和文化抉择,本文通过借鉴新加坡儒家文化的发展经验,结合中国现实,研究儒家文化在当代社会中的合理性、必要性、可行性,从而探讨我国对待儒家文化的正确态度。     

The Singapore developmental state in the new economy and polity

Abstract

This article presents a counterpoint to the popular portrayals of political transitions in the Philippines and Indonesia as ‘people power’ driven by civil society mobilisation. Inherent in this kind of analysis is the popular assumption that transitions from sultanistic regimes are likely to be driven almost completely by forces outside of the regime, as they do not allow for independent actors or institutions that could peacefully arrange for transition ‘from within’. This article suggests that, despite the appearance of a ‘people power’ revolution, the key driver behind the fall of the Marcos and Suharto regimes was forces internal to the regimes. Sultanistic regimes could collapse not only as a result of society-led displacement; sultanistic rulers could also be brought down by an alliance of moderate opposition elites and regime soft-liners, which opens up the way for a much less revolutionary path out of sultanism. More importantly, this article suggests that these elites emerged as a result of their growing marginalisation in the patronage system. Their challenge to the sultan was motivated less by strong democratic conviction than by desire to gain greater access to state patronage.     

李光耀与新加坡的刑事政策

李光耀对新加坡法治的影响深远,在他的倡导下新加坡整个刑事政策的设置很重视刑罚的威慑作用,如废除陪审团制、保留鞭刑、强力反腐等等.要研究新加坡的政治法律制度,就离不开对李光耀的研究.     

从一起案件看新加坡受贿罪的规定与实施及其对我国的启示

新加坡素有“廉政之邦”的美誉,其治理腐败的刑罚不重,但效果很好.新加坡法律对于受贿罪的主体、主观方面、客观行为等从构成条件到认定程序,从调查程序到实体处理,从刑事处罚到行政处分都作了全面、详细的规定.针对我国近年来出现的不同形式的贿赂,可借鉴新加坡关于受贿罪的法律规定与具体实施的经验,完善我国的相关立法规定.