Tamils, Social Capital and Educational Marginalization in Singapore - Labouring to Learn

This volume examines how social capital mediates the interactive effects of race and class on educational underperformance among Singaporean Tamil secondary school students. It aims to address social inequality in non-liberal multicultural contexts.

List of contents

Introduction: The Mobility Question in Modern Singapore, 1. Youth and Educational Marginality in Multicultural Contexts, 2. Educational Mobility in a Multiracial City-State — A Social Capital Story, 3. The Politics of Racialization and Social Mobility amongst Ethnic Tamils in Singapore, 4. You are Normal: Contextualizing Schooling Experiences amongst Tamil Youths, 5. Being Tamil in Singapore Conclusion: Labouring to Learn

About the author

Lavanya BALACHANDRAN is a Lecturer at the College of Alice & Peter Tan, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research interests include inequality and stratification in Singapore with a specific focus on family, education, race and ethnicity and social networks.

Summary

This volume examines how social capital mediates the interactive effects of race and class on educational underperformance among Singaporean Tamil secondary school students. It aims to address social inequality in non-liberal multicultural contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Lavanya Balachandran
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2021
• EAN: 9780367141288
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14128-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Singapore, Colonialism & imperialism, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Moral and social purpose of education, Social classes, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy