Social Policy in Post-Industrial Singapore
Edited by Lian Kwen Fee, National University of Singapore, and Tong Chee Kiong, National University of Singapore
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Biographical note
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.
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.
Readership
Students, teachers, and parctitioners interested in the development of social policy in a post-industrial society in East Asia, and social policy issues in general.
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
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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