Social policy in post-industrial Singapore

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Social policy in post-industrial Singapore

edited by Lian Kwen Fee & Tong Chee Kiong

(Social sciences in Asia, v. 17)

Brill, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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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