In Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with
Asian and Western Cities, Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee focus on the
interrelationship of consumption, citizenship and the state in the
context of globalization, calling for greater emphasis to be placed
on the citizen as consumer. While it is widely recognized that
citizenship is increasingly defined by gradations of esteem, where
different kinds of rights and responsibilities accrue to different
categories and subcategories of citizens, not enough analytical
focus has been given to how the status of being a citizen impacts
the individual s consumption. The interface between citizen status
and consumer activity is a crucial point of analysis in light of
the neoliberal assertion that individuals and institutions perform
at their best within a free market economy, and because of the
state s expectations regarding citizens rights and responsibilities
as consumers not just as producers. In this remarkable comparative
study, the authors examine these relationships across a number of
cities in both Asia and the West."
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