Lavanya Balachandran

Tamils, Social Capital and Educational Marginalization in Singapore

Labouring to Learn

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines how social capital mediates the interactive effects of race and class on educational underperformance among Singaporean Tamil secondary school students. It aims to address social inequality in non-liberal multicultural contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780367141288
• ISBN-10: 0367141280
• Artikelnr.: 60000946

Autorenporträt

Lavanya BALACHANDRAN is a Lecturer at the College of Alice & Peter Tan, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research interests include inequality and stratification in Singapore with a specific focus on family, education, race and ethnicity and social networks.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Mobility Question in Modern Singapore
1. Youth and Educational Marginality in Multicultural Contexts
2. Educational Mobility in a Multiracial City-State - A Social Capital Story
3. The Politics of Racialization and Social Mobility amongst Ethnic Tamils in Singapore
4. You are Normal: Contextualizing Schooling Experiences amongst Tamil Youths
5. Being Tamil in Singapore Conclusion: Labouring to Learn