Social policy in post-industrial Singapore
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Social policy in post-industrial Singapore
（Social sciences in Asia, v. 17）
Brill, 2008
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Description
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?
Table of Contents
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
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