This paper interrogates the exclusionary politics of casino urbanism in Singapore, especially in terms of how this particular brand of urbanism reproduces disciplinary regimes through the uneven consumption of fun and leisure. Singapore’s vision of becoming a world-class “state of fun” is accompanied by increasingly sophisticated measures of boundary making between global leisure citizens and the excluded others, often comprised of the working class and those deemed to be at risk or lacking self-control and responsibility. The evolving biopolitical borders coincide with the multiple borders set up around Singapore’s casino spaces, ensuring the exclusive consumption of Singapore’s casino urbanism by the wealthy few. The fun regimes help to normalize social exclusion, moralize disciplinary control, and give legitimacy to the new class of global consumers under the operations of the state-capital apparatus. This paper argues that exclusive casino urbanism has broader social and political implications on issues of equality, accessibility, and urban participation.

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乐趣状态？新加坡的独家赌场都市主义及其生物政治边界

本文探讨了新加坡赌场城市化的排他性政治，特别是这种特殊的城市化品牌如何通过不均衡的娱乐和休闲消费来复制纪律制度。新加坡成为世界级“娱乐之国”的愿景伴随着越来越复杂的措施，在全球休闲公民与被排斥的其他人之间划定界限，这些人通常包括工人阶级和那些被认为处于危险之中或缺乏自控力和自控力的人。责任。不断变化的生命政治边界与围绕新加坡赌场空间设置的多重边界相吻合，确保了少数富人对新加坡赌场都市主义的独家消费。有趣的制度有助于使社会排斥正常化，使纪律控制道德化，并在国家资本机构的运作下为新的全球消费者阶层赋予合法性。本文认为，排他性赌场城市主义对平等、可达性和城市参与问题具有更广泛的社会和政治影响。