Family and Population Changes in Singapore

A Unique Case in the Global Family Change
Herausgeber: Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean; Hu, Shu

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book depicts the evolution of Singapore's family and population landscape in the last half a century, the related public policies, and future challenges.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780367484194
• ISBN-10: 0367484196
• Artikelnr.: 59493451

Autorenporträt

Wei-Jun Jean Yeung is Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Asia Research Institute and Founding Director of the Center for Family and Population at National University of Singapore. Hu Shu is a Joint Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute and the Centre for Family and Population Research at National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors
1. Continuity and Changes in Singapore Population and Family (Wei-Jun Jean
Yeung and Shu Hu)
2. Origin and Transition of Singapore Families (Zheng Mu and Shu Hu)
3. Dual-income Households among Singapore Malay Families: Changing Economy,
Unchanging Gender Roles (Suriani Suratman and Maznah Mohamad)
4. 'Indians' under official multiracialism in Singapore: Unpacking
Heterogeneity (Lavanya Balachandran)
5. Falling Short: Class and the Performance of the Familial (Youyenn Teo)
6. Intergenerational support to and from older Singaporeans (Bina Gubhaju,
Angelique Chan and Truls Østbye)
7. Policy approaches to aging in Singapore: Tackling the limits of the
family in supporting seniors (Leng Leng Thang and Johan Suen)
8. Divorced and Never-married Mothers in Singapore: Practices, Challenges
and Hopes (Sharon Quah and Shawna Tang)
9. Cross-cultural Families in Singapore: Transnational Marriages and
Divorces (Sharon Quah)
10. Same-sex Partnering and Same-sex Parented Families in Singapore (Shawna
Tang)
11. Conclusion (Wei-Jun Jean Yeung)
Index