Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Navigating Differences : Integration in Singapore / ed. by Terence Chong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9789814881265
  • 9789814881616
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.095957
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- 2. Managing Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Singapore -- 3. Christian Activism in Singapore -- 4. Rising Conservatism in the Singapore Malay-Muslim Community: Worrying Times Ahead? -- PART II: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES -- 5. “New” Chinese Immigrants in Singapore: Localization, Transnational Ties and Integration -- 6. Singapore Malays: State-Community Relations, Complexities and Possibilities -- 7. “What Kind of Indian Are You?”: Frictions and Fractures Between Singaporean Indians and Foreign-Born NRIs -- PART III: POLITICAL DIVIDES AND A DIVIDED POLITY -- 8. Protest and the Culture War in Singapore -- 9. The People’s Action Party in Government: The Pole for “Big Tent” Singapore -- 10. The Burdens of Ethnicity: Chinese Communities in Singapore and Their Relations with China -- PART IV: DIVERGING ECONOMIC WORLDS -- 11. Self-Reliant Wealth and Trickle-Down Welfare: The Singapore Story in 200 Years? -- 12. The Future of the Middle Class in Singapore: 2020 and Beyond -- 13. Geographic-Ethnic Segregation in Singapore: Emerging Schisms in Society -- 14. Ageing Societies, Age-Inclusive Spaces and Community Bonding -- Index
Summary: Ethnic and religious differences, a widening socio-economic divide, tension between foreigners and locals. These are some of the contemporary challenges to integration in Singapore. How we navigate them will determine the type of society we become. This book gathers the best social scientists in Singapore to examine issues of ethnicity, religion, class, and culture in order to understand the many different fault lines that run across the multicultural city-state. These essays are written in an engaging manner and are designed to present the authors’ expertise to a wider audience.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
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)9789814881616

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- 2. Managing Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Singapore -- 3. Christian Activism in Singapore -- 4. Rising Conservatism in the Singapore Malay-Muslim Community: Worrying Times Ahead? -- PART II: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES -- 5. “New” Chinese Immigrants in Singapore: Localization, Transnational Ties and Integration -- 6. Singapore Malays: State-Community Relations, Complexities and Possibilities -- 7. “What Kind of Indian Are You?”: Frictions and Fractures Between Singaporean Indians and Foreign-Born NRIs -- PART III: POLITICAL DIVIDES AND A DIVIDED POLITY -- 8. Protest and the Culture War in Singapore -- 9. The People’s Action Party in Government: The Pole for “Big Tent” Singapore -- 10. The Burdens of Ethnicity: Chinese Communities in Singapore and Their Relations with China -- PART IV: DIVERGING ECONOMIC WORLDS -- 11. Self-Reliant Wealth and Trickle-Down Welfare: The Singapore Story in 200 Years? -- 12. The Future of the Middle Class in Singapore: 2020 and Beyond -- 13. Geographic-Ethnic Segregation in Singapore: Emerging Schisms in Society -- 14. Ageing Societies, Age-Inclusive Spaces and Community Bonding -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Ethnic and religious differences, a widening socio-economic divide, tension between foreigners and locals. These are some of the contemporary challenges to integration in Singapore. How we navigate them will determine the type of society we become. This book gathers the best social scientists in Singapore to examine issues of ethnicity, religion, class, and culture in order to understand the many different fault lines that run across the multicultural city-state. These essays are written in an engaging manner and are designed to present the authors’ expertise to a wider audience.

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 27. Jan 2023)