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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
• HerausgeberIn: Chan, Wen Ling,; Vasu, ,; Yeap, Su Yin,
• MitwirkendeR: Chan-Hoong, Leong,; Chin, Yolanda,; Devasahayam, Theresa W.,; Ho, Elaine Lynn-Ee,; Hong, Danielle,; Huang, Ho Shu,; Ling, Chan Wen,; Mathews, Mathew,; Singh, Bilveer,; Su Yin, Yeap,; Tan, Eugene K.B.,; Teng, Yap Mui,; Vasu, Norman,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Cities ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.) :; 5 color plates, 10 halftones

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 t...

Table of 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