Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore - Couverture rigide

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Sun, Shirley Hsiao-Li

 
9780415670685: Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore
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ISBN 10 : 0415670683 ISBN 13 : 9780415670685
Editeur : Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects.
Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore cultural diversity. These factors combine to undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens' biological reproduction. The book goes on to argue that in order to facilitate positive fertility decisions, the state needs to modify the "economic production at all cost" approach and pay much more attention to the importance of social rights. This suggests that the Singapore government might profitably approach the phenomenon of very low fertility with major initiatives similar to those of other advanced industrialized societies. This book offers a significant contribution to the literature on social policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian studies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her main research interests are population studies, social inequalities, citizenship and immigration, economic development and social reproduction, and science and technology.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415670683
ISBN 13 
9780415670685
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781138785205: Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138785202 ISBN 13 :  9781138785205
Editeur : Routledge, 2014
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