What does it mean to be Singaporean? Reconstructing migrant worker identities in a neoliberal COVID-19 world

AbstractIn discussing the role of immigration in policy formulation in Singapore, this article uses conceptions of Singaporeanism to explore how identities of migrant workers* have been moulded and reconstructed by Singapore’s colonial past and the neoliberal economic present. Post-COVID-19, where structural inequalities affecting minorities such as migrant workers will require address, the dearth of academic…