Social Policy in Post-Industrial Singapore

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16642-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Reihe: Social Sciences in Asia

Notwithstanding the lean years that followed 1986 and 1997, sustained economic growth since the late 1970s has propelled Singapore into the post-industrial age and reproduced the demographic and social structure of advanced western societies. The rapid shift to a knowledge-intensive economy requiring highly-skilled services has resulted in a 'two-speed' society consisting of a highly competitive but rewarding sector and a marginalized population that is increasingly at risk. Being avowedly anti-welfarist, the state for ideological reasons has resisted pressures to introduce a comprehensive welfare regime for its risk population, preferring to privilege its productive citizenry. Is Singapore a counter-factual to the convergence thesis, by preferring to put in place a social policy driven by the belief of its leaders that the more successful a society is the more it is able to care for those who fall behind?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lian, Kwen Fee

Tong, Chee-Kiong

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Social Policy Issues in a Post-Industrial Society - Tong Chee Kiong and Lian Kwen Fee

Is There a Social Policy in Singapore - Lian Kwen Fee

Family Policies: Interface of Gender, Work, and the Sacredization of Child - Paulin Tay Straughan
Social Policy for the Aged in Singapore - Angelique Chan

Education, Globalization and Equality - Anne Raffin
Supporting Industrialization: Investing in Human Resources - Alexius Pereira
Management of Foreign Manpower - Md. Mizanur Rahman
Household Production as a Moderator in Singapore’s Economic Development -
Euston Quah & Lim Sze How
Heritage Policies in Singapore - Brenda S.A. Yeoh & Shirlena Huang

Culture and the Arts: Intrusion in Political Space - Chua Beng Huat

Criminal Justice Policy: Social Order, Risk And the “Governmental Project” - Narayanan Ganapathy

Decoding Sexual Policy in Singapore - Laurence Leong Wai Teng

Convergence with a Twist: East Asian Welfare Capitalism in Comparative Perspective - Volker H. Schmidt

Über Autor(innen)

Lian Kwen Fee is Associate Professor in Sociology at the National University of Singapore. His research interests are in race, state, migration, and citizenship.
Tong Chee Kiong teaches in the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. He was educated at the University of Singapore and Cornell University. Chee Kiong's primary research areas are in the Sociology of Religion, Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations and Chinese business networks.