Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore - Making Future Citizens (Paperback)

This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects. Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore cultural diversity. These factors combine to undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens' biological reproduction. The book goes on to argue 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 importance of 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. This book offers a significant contribution to the literature on social policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2012
Authors:	Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-78520-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-138-78520-2
Barcode:	9781138785205

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