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200 00$aNavigating differences $eintegration in Singapore /$fedited by Terence Chong$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aSingapore :$cISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,$d2020.
215   $a1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Dec 2020).
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction / Terence Chong -- Managing religious diversity and multiculturalism in Singapore / Joseph Chinyong Liow -- Christian activism in Singapore / Terence Chong -- Rising conservatism in the Singapore Malay-Muslim community : worrying times ahead? / Norshahril Saat -- "New" Chinese immigrants in Singapore : localization, transnational ties and integration / Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho and Fang Yu Foo -- Singapore Malays : state-community relations, complexities and possibilities / Walid Jumblatt Abdullah -- "What kind of Indian are you?" : frictions and fractures between Singaporean Indians and foreign-born NRIs / Laavanya Kathiravelu -- Protest and the culture war in Singapore / Daniel P.S. Goh -- The People's Action Party in government : the pole for "big tent" Singapore / Kenneth Paul Tan -- The burdens of ethnicity : Chinese communities in Singapore and their relations with China / Ja Ian Chong -- Self-reliant wealth and trickle-down welfare : the Singapore story in 200 years? / Irene Y.H. Ng -- The future of the middle class in Singapore : 2020 and beyond / Gillian Koh, Tan Ern Ser and Vincent Chua -- Geographic-ethnic segregation in Singapore : emerging schisms in society / Leong Chan-Hoong and Yvonne Yap -- Ageing societies, age-inclusive spaces and community bonding / Kalyani K. Mehta.
330   $aEthnic and religious differences, a widening socio-economic divide, tension between foreigners and locals. These are some of the contemporary challenges to integration in Singapore. How we navigate them will determine the type of society we become. This book gathers the best social scientists in Singapore to examine issues of ethnicity, religion, class, and culture in order to understand the many different fault lines that run across the multicultural city-state. These essays are written in an engaging manner and are designed to present the authors' expertise to a wider audience.
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