04007nam 2200613 a 450 991081680600332120200520144314.01-283-06154-6978661306154690-474-3332-7(CKB)2610000000001507(EBL)682237(OCoLC)711004449(SSID)ssj0000473243(PQKBManifestationID)11291275(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473243(PQKBWorkID)10437693(PQKB)10088338(MiAaPQ)EBC682237(OCoLC)196304730(OCoLC)191727981(nllekb)BRILL9789047433323(Au-PeEL)EBL682237(CaPaEBR)ebr10461326(CaONFJC)MIL306154(PPN)170413373(EXLCZ)99261000000000150720080212d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSocial policy in post-industrial Singapore[electronic resource] /edited by Lian Kwen Fee & Tong Chee KiongLeiden ;Boston Brill20081 online resource (347 p.)Social sciences in Asia,1567-2794 ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.90-04-16642-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Materials /Lian Kwen Fee and Tong Chee Kiong --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 Sacredisation Of The Child /Paulin Tay Straughan --Social Policies For The Aged In Singapore /Angelique Chan --Education, Globalisation, And Inequality /Anne Raffin --Manufacturing Human Resources: The Role Of The Social Investment State /Alexius A. Pereira --Management Of Foreign Manpower /Md. Mizanur Rahman --Household Production As A Moderator In Singapore’s Economic Development /Euston Quah and Lim Sze How --Strengthening The Nation’s Roots? Heritage Policies In Singapore /Brenda S.A. Yeoh and 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 Wai-Teng Leong --Convergence With A Twist: East Asian Welfare Capitalism In Comparative Perspective /Volker H. Schmidt --Index /Lian Kwen Fee and Tong Chee Kiong.Notwithstanding the lean years that followed 1986 and 1997, sustained economic growth since the late 1970's has propelled Singapore into the post-industrial age and reproduced the demographic and social structure of advanced western societies. The rapid shift to a knowledge-intensive economy requiring highly-skilled services has resulted in a 'two-speed' society consisting of a highly competitive but rewarding sector and a marginalized population that is increasingly at risk. Being avowedly anti-welfarist, the state for ideological reasons has resisted pressures to introduce a comprehensive welfare regime for its risk population, preferring to privilege its productive citizenry. Is Singapore a counter-factual to the convergence thesis, by preferring to put in place a social policy driven by the belief of its leaders that the more successful a society is the more it is able to care for those who fall behind?Social sciences in Asia ;v. 17.SingaporeSocial policySingaporeSocial conditions320.6095957Lian Kwen Fee1950-1667312Tong Chee Kiong1649690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816806003321Social policy in post-industrial Singapore4027052UNINA