Family and Population Changes in Singapore - A Unique Case in the Global Family Change

Informationen zum Autor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung is Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Asia Research Institute and Founding Director of the Center for Family and Population at National University of Singapore. Hu Shu is a Joint Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute and the Centre for Family and Population Research at National University of Singapore. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors 1. Continuity and Changes in Singapore Population and Family (Wei-Jun Jean Yeung and Shu Hu) 2. Origin and Transition of Singapore Families (Zheng Mu and Shu Hu) 3. Dual-income Households among Singapore Malay Families: Changing Economy, Unchanging Gender Roles (Suriani Suratman and Maznah Mohamad) 4. ‘Indians’ under official multiracialism in Singapore: Unpacking Heterogeneity (Lavanya Balachandran) 5. Falling Short: Class and the Performance of the Familial (Youyenn Teo) 6. Intergenerational support to and from older Singaporeans (Bina Gubhaju, Angelique Chan and Truls Østbye) 7. Policy approaches to aging in Singapore: Tackling the limits of the family in supporting seniors (Leng Leng Thang and Johan Suen) 8. Divorced and Never-married Mothers in Singapore: Practices, Challenges and Hopes (Sharon Quah and Shawna Tang) 9. Cross-cultural Families in Singapore: Transnational Marriages and Divorces (Sharon Quah) 10. Same-sex Partnering and Same-sex Parented Families in Singapore (Shawna Tang) 11. Conclusion (Wei-Jun Jean Yeung) Index

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• Authors: Wei-Jun Jean (National University of Singap Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean Hu Yeung
• Assisted by: Shu Hu (Editor), Shu (National University of Singapore Hu (Editor), Wei-Jun Yeung (Editor), Wei-Jun Jean Yeung (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780815363323
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6332-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Singapore, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Population & demography, Population and Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General