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Immigration in Singapore / ed. by Vasu, Wen Ling Chan, Su Yin Yeap.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian Cities ; 1Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (218 p.) : 5 color plates, 10 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089646651
  • 9789048523429
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325.5957
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048523429

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)