LEADER 05578oam 2200709I 450 001 9910790480903321 005 20230801223921.0 010 $a1-136-50781-7 010 $a1-283-52089-3 010 $a9786613833341 010 $a0-203-14618-2 010 $a1-136-50782-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203146187 035 $a(CKB)2670000000230939 035 $a(EBL)987987 035 $a(OCoLC)804661282 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000696427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11426523 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10695946 035 $a(PQKB)10447592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC987987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL987987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589076 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383334 035 $a(OCoLC)808675184 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000230939 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopulation policy and reproduction in Singapore $emaking future citizens /$fShirley Hsiao-Li Sun 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;$v43 225 0$aRoutledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;$v43 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-78520-2 311 $a0-415-67068-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 policies 327 $aThe 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 making 327 $aCommunication 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 Conclusion 327 $aLived 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 330 $a"Using the case study of Singapore, this book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low fertility contexts. It demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of globalization processes, competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects. Drawing on a number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyses the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen-responsibility, coupled with population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore social diversities, and undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens' biological reproduction. It goes on to discuss that in order to facilitate positive fertility decisions, the state needs to modify the economic production-at-all cost approach and pay much more attention to the increasing importance of citizen-social rights. This suggests that the Singapore government might profitably approach the phenomenon of very low fertility with major initiatives similar to those of other advanced industrialized societies."--Publisher's description. 410 0$aRoutledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series 606 $aFamily policy$zSingapore 606 $aFertility, Human$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xPopulation policy 615 0$aFamily policy 615 0$aFertility, Human 676 $a363.9095957 700 $aSun$b Shirley Hsiao-Li.$01574437 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790480903321 996 $aPopulation policy and reproduction in Singapore$93850697 997 $aUNINA