This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects.
This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects.
Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her main research interests are population studies, social inequalities, citizenship and immigration, economic development and social reproduction, and science and technology.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Making Future Citizens 2. Low Fertility and Pronatalist Policies 3. Economic Development, Social Investments, and Population Control 4. Class Differentiated Pronatalism 5. Privileging the Citizen-Worker 6. Constructing Children's Multi-dimensional Qualities 7. Conclusion
1. Introduction: Making Future Citizens 2. Low Fertility and Pronatalist Policies 3. Economic Development, Social Investments, and Population Control 4. Class Differentiated Pronatalism 5. Privileging the Citizen-Worker 6. Constructing Children's Multi-dimensional Qualities 7. Conclusion
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