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Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
| Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun |
| Autore | Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.9095957 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series |
| Soggetto topico |
Family policy - Singapore
Fertility, Human - Singapore |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-52089-3
9786613833341 0-203-14618-2 1-136-50782-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 policies
The 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 Communication 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 Lived 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461812303321 |
Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
| Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun |
| Autore | Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.9095957 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series |
| Soggetto topico |
Family policy - Singapore
Fertility, Human - Singapore |
| ISBN |
1-136-50781-7
1-283-52089-3 9786613833341 0-203-14618-2 1-136-50782-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 policies
The 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 Communication 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 Lived 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790480903321 |
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Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
| Population policy and reproduction in Singapore : making future citizens / / Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun |
| Autore | Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.9095957 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series |
| Soggetto topico |
Family policy - Singapore
Fertility, Human - Singapore |
| ISBN |
1-136-50781-7
1-283-52089-3 9786613833341 0-203-14618-2 1-136-50782-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 policies
The 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 Communication 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 Lived 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824570903321 |
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Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Socio-economics of personalized medicine in Asia / / Shirley Sun
| Socio-economics of personalized medicine in Asia / / Shirley Sun |
| Autore | Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1095 |
| Collana | Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness |
| Soggetto topico |
Precision medicine - Social aspects - Asia
Precision medicine - Economic aspects - Asia Social medicine - Asia Medical economics - Asia |
| ISBN |
1-134-98919-9
1-315-53717-6 1-134-98912-1 |
| Classificazione | SOC002000SOC026000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Personalized medicine and population-based research and development; What is a population? Race and genetics in North America; Personalized medicine, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacoethnicity; Why Asia?; Time, space, and the emergent other; Genomics in Asia and the unfolding dynamics of othering; Current research infrastructure and development concerning personalized medicine in Asia; Existing social-science studies of science and medicine performed in Asia; The illuminating question could be, when are you from?
What is at stake when populations are ethnically or racially labeled?Chapter outline; 2 Regionalism and the study of human genetic variation in a transnational context: Asianism, nationalism, and the racialization of ethnicity; Introduction; The fundamental question of, when are you from?; Once upon a time: the unfolding character of the "Japanese" category; Effects of Japanese colonialism and regional integration on the notion of "Japanese"; Resisting being "othered": scientists in Asia define "Asian" genome diversity Ethnicity as a proxy for genetic diversity and the molecularization of ethnicities in AsiaConclusion; 3 Capitalizing on being "othered": precision medicine and race in the context of a globalized pharmaceutical industry; Introduction; Saving IRESSA; The larger significance of the story of IRESSA; Racializing clinical trials as a routine phenomenon; Local transformations; Pharmacogenomics, race, and post-marketing clinical trials; Conclusion; 4 Managing otherness: genomics and public health policy in Singapore; Introduction; Population aggregate data, ethnicity, and post-market drug vigilance Irinotecan and UGT1A1 genotypingCarbamazepine and HLA-B*1502 genotyping; Analysis of the prevailing practices noted above; The historical emergence of "Malay" as a group during the precolonial era; "Malayness" during the colonial era; "Malayness" in the Malay Peninsula in the postcolonial era; The case of the Malay in Singapore; Conclusion; 5 Cancer genomics in clinics; Introduction; Using ethnicity or race as a basis of clinical decision-making; Personalized medicine in clinical practice: drug efficacy; Personalized medicine in clinical practice: drug toxicities Personalized medicine in clinical practice: preventive medicineConclusion; 6 Socio-economic factors and ethical dilemmas in personalized medicine provision; Introduction; Genome-based personalized medicine is effective but not curative; moreover, it can be prohibitively expensive; Should the cost of a cancer drug be part of the treatment decisions?; Who should be expected to interpret genetic tests when cancer is a "context-dependent manifestation"?; Privacy concerns and the potential for genetic discrimination at the level of the individual and the group Should genome-based pharmaceuticals be the primary approach to treating cancer? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831882803321 |
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Sun Shirley Hsiao-Li
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| 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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