05578oam 2200709I 450 991079048090332120230801223921.01-136-50781-71-283-52089-397866138333410-203-14618-21-136-50782-510.4324/9780203146187 (CKB)2670000000230939(EBL)987987(OCoLC)804661282(SSID)ssj0000696427(PQKBManifestationID)11426523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696427(PQKBWorkID)10695946(PQKB)10447592(MiAaPQ)EBC987987(Au-PeEL)EBL987987(CaPaEBR)ebr10589076(CaONFJC)MIL383334(OCoLC)808675184(EXLCZ)99267000000023093920180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPopulation policy and reproduction in Singapore making future citizens /Shirley Hsiao-Li SunLondon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (209 p.)Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;43Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;43Description based upon print version of record.1-138-78520-2 0-415-67068-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: making future citizens; The central theoretical framework: citizenship; Citizenship as a lived experience; The developmental and productivist welfare state in Asia; Two demographic transitions; Population, state and citizenship in Singapore; Book outline; 2 Low fertility and pronatalist population policies; Global trends in fertility behavior; The economic approach and financial incentives; The institutional-cultural approach and work-family-balance policiesThe impact of pronatalist policies on fertility in Asian countriesLow fertility and pronatalist incentives in Singapore; This study: methodological considerations; 3 Economic development, social investments, and population control; Singapore: "from Third World to first"; The People's Action Party; Institutionalizing citizen-responsibility through compulsory savings; Human resources development as the engine of economic growth; Population control and economic development; Molding productive citizens; 4 Class-differentiated pronatalism; The predominant context of childbearing decision makingCommunication and knowledge of government policiesClass differentiation in existing economic incentives; Summary; 5 Privileging the citizen-worker; Diversity in individual aspirations; Differential perceptions of paid maternity leave; Varying responses toward paid paternity leave; Women's and men's perceptions of childcare leave; Summary; 6 Constructing children's multi-dimensional qualities; Quantity-quality of children; Interpersonal competence and individual competitiveness; Negotiating between two different perspectives; Summary; 7 ConclusionLived citizenship and citizens' vision: beyond productivism and toward citizenship-social rightsMaking future citizens: lessons for pronatalist policy making; Competing visions of the nation's future; Pronatalist policies as a site for investigating citizenship; Pronatalist policies as a type of public policy; Appendix A: evolution of Singapore's pronatalist policies; Appendix B: survey on marriage and having children in Singapore; Appendix C: components of the central provident fund (CPF) system; Notes; Bibliography; Index"Using the case study of Singapore, this book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low fertility contexts. It demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of globalization processes, competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects. Drawing on a number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyses the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen-responsibility, coupled with population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore social diversities, and undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens' biological reproduction. It goes on to discuss 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 increasing importance of citizen-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."--Publisher's description.Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia SeriesFamily policySingaporeFertility, HumanSingaporeSingaporePopulation policyFamily policyFertility, Human363.9095957Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li.1574437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790480903321Population policy and reproduction in Singapore3850697UNINA