Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore
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 seemi...
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| author | Hsiao-Li Sun, Shirley |
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| description | 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. Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state’s overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore cultural diversity. These factors combine to undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens’ biological reproduction. The book goes on to argue that in order to facilitate positive fertility decisions, the state needs to modify the “economic production at all cost” approach and pay much more attention to the importance of social rights. This suggests that the Singapore government might profitably approach the phenomenon of very low fertility with major initiatives similar to those of other advanced industrialized societies. This book offers a significant contribution to the literature on social policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian studies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1777452026-06-22T05:03:50Z Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore Hsiao-Li Sun, Shirley Fertility policy analysis Welfare state Singapore Social inequality research Pronatalist strategies Qualitative policy evaluation Citizenship and reproduction State intervention in family planning Pronatalist Policies Work Family Balance Policies Baby Bonus Scheme Baby Bonus HDB Apartment Nation’s Economic Development Singapore Cambridge General Certificate Pronatalist Population Policies Pronatalist Incentives Social Reproduction Norwegian Working Environment Act CPF Singapore Department CPF Account Medisave Account Monthly Household Income People’s Action Party State Population Policies Home Care Allowance Gdp Growth Rate Large Families Childcare Leave Monthly Household Expenditures Per-capita Gdp Pro Natalist Policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies 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. Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state’s overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that reinforce social inequalities and ignore cultural diversity. These factors combine to undermine elaborate state policy efforts in encouraging citizens’ biological reproduction. The book goes on to argue that in order to facilitate positive fertility decisions, the state needs to modify the “economic production at all cost” approach and pay much more attention to the importance of social rights. This suggests that the Singapore government might profitably approach the phenomenon of very low fertility with major initiatives similar to those of other advanced industrialized societies. This book offers a significant contribution to the literature on social policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian studies. 2026-06-22T05:03:49Z 2026-06-22T05:03:49Z 2026-06-21T15:58:41Z 2012 book book ONIX_20260621T103021_9780203146187_32 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114349 9780203146187 9780415670685 9781138785205 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177745 eng Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203146187 10.4324/9780203146187 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9780203146187 9780415670685 9781138785205 Routledge 1 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Fertility policy analysis Welfare state Singapore Social inequality research Pronatalist strategies Qualitative policy evaluation Citizenship and reproduction State intervention in family planning Pronatalist Policies Work Family Balance Policies Baby Bonus Scheme Baby Bonus HDB Apartment Nation’s Economic Development Singapore Cambridge General Certificate Pronatalist Population Policies Pronatalist Incentives Social Reproduction Norwegian Working Environment Act CPF Singapore Department CPF Account Medisave Account Monthly Household Income People’s Action Party State Population Policies Home Care Allowance Gdp Growth Rate Large Families Childcare Leave Monthly Household Expenditures Per-capita Gdp Pro Natalist Policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies Hsiao-Li Sun, Shirley Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore |
| title | Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore |
| title_full | Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore |
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| title_short | Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore |
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| topic | Fertility policy analysis Welfare state Singapore Social inequality research Pronatalist strategies Qualitative policy evaluation Citizenship and reproduction State intervention in family planning Pronatalist Policies Work Family Balance Policies Baby Bonus Scheme Baby Bonus HDB Apartment Nation’s Economic Development Singapore Cambridge General Certificate Pronatalist Population Policies Pronatalist Incentives Social Reproduction Norwegian Working Environment Act CPF Singapore Department CPF Account Medisave Account Monthly Household Income People’s Action Party State Population Policies Home Care Allowance Gdp Growth Rate Large Families Childcare Leave Monthly Household Expenditures Per-capita Gdp Pro Natalist Policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies |
| topic_facet | Fertility policy analysis Welfare state Singapore Social inequality research Pronatalist strategies Qualitative policy evaluation Citizenship and reproduction State intervention in family planning Pronatalist Policies Work Family Balance Policies Baby Bonus Scheme Baby Bonus HDB Apartment Nation’s Economic Development Singapore Cambridge General Certificate Pronatalist Population Policies Pronatalist Incentives Social Reproduction Norwegian Working Environment Act CPF Singapore Department CPF Account Medisave Account Monthly Household Income People’s Action Party State Population Policies Home Care Allowance Gdp Growth Rate Large Families Childcare Leave Monthly Household Expenditures Per-capita Gdp Pro Natalist Policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies |
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