Charleen Chiong

Families, the State and Educational Inequality in the Singapore City-State (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on Singapore's education system from an equity perspective, Chiong's book describes the often unheard perspectives of socio-economically disadvantaged families in Singapore. The book will appeal to researchers and students interested in the sociology and politics of education, social policy, and Asian culture and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000457117
• Artikelnr.: 62525280

Autorenporträt

Charleen Chiong adopts sociological approaches to understanding inequality and social policy problems. In line with her interests in integrating research, policy and practice, Charleen has undertaken research in academic, think-tank and public sector contexts. Her research has been published in Journal of Education Policy, Comparative Education, Families, Relationships and Societies and the British Educational Research Journal. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in Comparative and International Education from the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I. MORNING 1. Start of the Day 2. The Ontology of
Governance in Singapore PART II. NOON 3. Forming State-Family Relations: a
Historical Perspective 4. Responsible Lives: Families as Pedagogic Actors
5. Dependency and the Politics of Expertise PART III. NIGHT 6. Back from
Work, or the Start of it 7. The Plausibility of Responsibility Epilogue:
When 'Peaceful Coexistence' is Not Enough