ISBN:
9780815363323
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 280 Seiten
,
Diagramme
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series [93]
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
Uniform Title:
Continuity and changes in Singapore population and family
DDC:
306.85095957
Keywords:
Families
;
Singapore Population
;
Familie
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Singapur
Abstract:
"This book depicts the evolution of Singapore's family and population landscape in the last half a century, the related public policies, and future challenges. Since the country's independence in 1965, family and population policies have been an integral part of its national building developmental strategies. The chapters discuss the changes in population compositions, family structures, relations, values among major ethnic groups. They also discuss policies for vulnerable populations such as female-headed households, cross-cultural families, same-sex partnering, the elderly, and low-income families. In the context of global family changes, Singapore's experience is by no means a linear extrapolation of those in the western industrialized countries, but unique case in the global family change"--
Abstract:
Continuity and changes in Singapore population and family / Jean Yeung, Shu Hu -- Origin and transition of Singapore families / Zheng Mu, Shu Hu -- Dual-income households among Singapore Malay families : changing economy, unchanging gender roles / Suriani Suratman, Maznah Mohamad -- "Indians" under official multiracialism in Singapore : unpacking heterogeneity / Lavanya Balachandran -- Falling short : class and the performance of the familial / Youyenn Teo -- Intergenerational support to and from older Singaporeans / Bina Gubhaju, Angelique Chan, Truls Østbye -- Policy approaches to aging in Singapore : tackling the limits of the family in supporting seniors / Leng Leng Thang, Johan Suen -- Divorced and never-married mothers in Singapore : practices, challenges and hopes / Sharon Quah, Shawna Tang -- Cross-cultural families in Singapore : transnational marriages and divorces / Sharon Quah -- Same-sex partnering and same-sex parented families in Singapore / Shawna Tang
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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