TY - BOOK AU - Chan,Wen Ling AU - Chan-Hoong,Leong AU - Chin,Yolanda AU - Devasahayam,Theresa W. AU - Ho,Elaine Lynn-Ee AU - Hong,Danielle AU - Huang,Ho Shu AU - Ling,Chan Wen AU - Mathews,Mathew AU - Singh,Bilveer AU - Su Yin,Yeap AU - Tan,Eugene K.B. AU - Teng,Yap Mui AU - Vasu AU - Vasu,Norman AU - Yeap,Su Yin TI - Immigration in Singapore T2 - Asian Cities SN - 9789089646651 U1 - 325.5957 PY - 2014///] CY - Amsterdam : PB - Amsterdam University Press, KW - Asian Studies KW - Interdisciplinary Studies KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Immigration in Singapore --; 2. Angst, Anxieties, and Anger in a Global City --; 3. The Politics of Immigration --; 4. Social Integration of Immigrants into Multiracial Singapore --; 5. Reconstructing Singapore as a Cosmopolitan Landscape --; 6. “Family, Worker or Outsider” --; 7. Whither Integration? --; 8. Permanent Residents Serving National Service --; Bibliography --; Biographies of Contributors --; Index; restricted access N2 - This study traces the sociopolitical effects of immigration on Singapore and its population, a topic that has been the subject of intense debate in the nation as its population grows increasingly diverse. Beyond the logic of economic imperatives, the book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large numbers of immigrants, and its analysis should appeal to scholars of migration, social change, and public policy UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048523429?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048523429 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048523429/original ER -