ABSTRACT
Singapore is a pertinent case for examining the relationship between state power, talent management techniques, and educational trajectories, due to the institutionalization and longevity of pathways leading up to executive and political power. In this chapter, we focus our analysis on the gendered nature of the allocation of prestigious national scholarships for undergraduate education and into public service careers. The analysis reveals processes of policy instrumentalization, the concentration of power, and perpetuation of inequality. More specifically, examining this scholarship program and how it has been used as a long-term human capital investment tool allows us to uncover how women have been historically excluded in this process of ‘talent management’.
