Yeung / Hu Family and Population Change in Singapore

Half a century of development and policies
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-10985-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Looking through an historical lens at key aspects of Singapore’s population and family dynamics, this book examines how the approaches the country adopted - to manage fertility, migration, and the family institution - govern in significant ways how the country functions. Each chapter discusses the historical trends of policies and social changes in a particular aspect, including population compositions, family structures, relations, and values among major ethnic groups. They also suggest policies to help vulnerable populations such as women-headed households, the elderly, and low-income families.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yeung, Wei-Jun, Jean

Hu, Shu

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Continuity and Change in Singapore Population and Family [Wei Jun Jean Yeung and Shu Hu, National University of Singapore]

2. Origins and Transitions in Singapore Families [Zheng Mu and Shu Hu, National University of Singapore]

3. The Rise of Dual-income Households and the Consistency or Inconsistency of Religion in Determining the Social Dynamics of the Malay Family [Suriani Suratman and Maznah Mohamad, National University of Singapore]

4. Unpacking ‘Heterogeneity’: Examining Migratory, Economic and Educational Trajectories amongst Indians in Singapore [Lavanya Balachandran, National University of Singapore]

5. Intergenerational Support to and from Older Singaporeans [Bina Gubhaju, Angelique Chan and Truls Østbye, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical school, Singapore]

6. Female-headed households in Singapore [Shawna Tang and Sharon Quah, National University of Singapore]

7. Falling Short: Class and the Performance of the Familial [Teo You Yenn, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore]

8. Policy Approaches to Aging in Singapore: Tackling the Limits of the Family in Supporting Seniors [Leng Leng Thang, National University of Singapore and Johan Suen, University of Cambridge, UK]

9. Transnational Marriages [Sharon Quah, National University of Singapore]

11. Same-Sex Families in Singapore [Shawna Tang, National University of Singapore]

10. Conclusion [Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, National University of Singapore]