| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 130 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Singapore : market economy and meritocratic, middle-class society? -- Methodology : questionnaire, sampling and fieldwork -- Singapore class structure -- Social orientations by class, age, and ethnicity -- Work career and social mobility -- Problem areas : digital divide and sandwich generation -- 1-to-2 roomers, 3-roomers, and citizen population compared -- Conclusion : does class matter in Singapore? |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive portrait of class structure, dynamics, and orientations in Singapore - understood as a new nation, a capitalist and emerging knowledge economy, a largely middle-class society, and a polity with a strong state - at the turn of the new millennium. It introduces a wide array of recent data on a broad range of topics relating to social stratification in Singapore: class structure, political participation, political alienation, national pride, welfarism, success values, unionism, social mobility, the digital divide, and the sandwich generation. To capture the lived experiences of people from different social classes, thereby complementing the numerous tables presented, the book also profiles six case studies of individuals or families, highlighting the challenges they face and the options they possess. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social classes -- Singapore.
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Social classes. |
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Singapore. |
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Social stratification -- Singapore.
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Social stratification. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tan, Ern Ser. Does class matter. Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2004 981238829X 9789812388292 (DLC) 2004348835 (OCoLC)55970013 |
| ISBN |
9789812794802 (electronic book) |
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9812794808 (electronic book) |
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1281934690 |
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9781281934697 |
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981238829X |
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