Immigrant Integration In Contemporary Singapore Solutioning Amidst Challenges

Author : Mathews Mathew,Melvin Tay
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811267543

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Immigrant Integration In Contemporary Singapore: Solutioning Amidst Challenges by Mathews Mathew,Melvin Tay Pdf

Singapore's success as a global city is in no small part attributable to its stance on foreign labour and immigrants, illustrated by a largely welcoming but discerning immigration regime to fulfil vital socio-economic needs. However, this fairly liberal policy on immigration has been met with substantial disquiet over the last decade. Xenophobic tendencies have surfaced periodically and have been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic.This edited volume spotlights these contemporary issues on immigrant integration in Singapore, and adopts a functional approach by explicitly bridging academic and practitioner perspectives. The chapters are organised into three sections. The first section on Challenges discusses various dominant trends — obstacles to immigrant integration based on ethnicity, culture and religion, and the fear and associated emotions that characterise reactions to immigration. The second section focuses on Communities, their perspectives and lived experiences in Singapore society. The latter differ substantially depending on migrant statuses and are contingent on social capital defined in relation to locals in the city-state. The last section seeks to illustrate the various Solutioning endeavours in tandem with the contentious nature of immigration. These concrete efforts range from ground-up initiatives, community-based collaborative approaches and government programming; all seeking to advance immigrant integration in Singapore.

Author : Yap Mui Teng,Gillian Koh,Debbie Soon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317745662

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Migration and Integration in Singapore by Yap Mui Teng,Gillian Koh,Debbie Soon Pdf

Between 2000 and 2010, Singapore witnessed a huge influx of foreign migrants. The proportion of permanent residents in the total population increased from 7% to 11%, while the share of non-resident foreigners has risen from 19% to 25%. This was as much the result of the spontaneous movement of labour to economic opportunities, as it was of active policy direction by the Singapore government. The social impact, both beneficial and disruptive, of this movement was felt at all levels of society, and brought other attending public policy issues to the fore. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach with a focus on policy and practice, this book examines the social, economic, and political issues that have arisen with the influx of foreigners in Singapore since the turn of the 21st century. Drawing on empirical research, it documents the impact of increasing levels of immigration, and provides an analysis of the longer-term implications of these trends, with each chapter covering a different aspect of socio-cultural, political, or economic outcome arising from intercultural contact and adaptation. The contributors also provide policy suggestions to ensure Singapore continues to be a harmonious nation and a cosmopolitan and vibrant global city. Migration and Integration in Singapore: Policies and Practice will appeal to students and scholars of Southeast Asian studies, migration and social policy, as well as to practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in migration in the region.

Author : Terence Chong
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814881616

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Navigating Differences by Terence Chong Pdf

Ethnic and religious differences, a widening socio-economic divide, tension between foreigners and locals. These are some of the contemporary challenges to integration in Singapore. How we navigate them will determine the type of society we become. This book gathers the best social scientists in Singapore to examine issues of ethnicity, religion, class, and culture in order to understand the many different fault lines that run across the multicultural city-state. These essays are written in an engaging manner and are designed to present the authors’ expertise to a wider audience.

Author : Kwen Fee Lian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812876768

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Multiculturalism, Migration, and the Politics of Identity in Singapore by Kwen Fee Lian Pdf

This edited volume focuses on how multiculturalism, as statecraft, has had both intended and unintended consequences on Singapore’s various ethnic communities. The contributing authors address and update contemporary issues and developments in the practice of multiculturalism in Singapore by interfacing the practice of multiculturalism over two critical periods, the colonial and the global. The coverage of the first period examines the colonial origins and conception of multiculturalism and the post-colonial application of multiculturalism as a project of the nation and its consequences for the Tamil Muslim, Ceylon-Tamil, and Malay communities. The content on the second period addresses immigration in the context of globalization with the arrival of new immigrants from South and East Asia, who pose a challenge to the concept and practice of multiculturalism in Singapore. For both periods, the contributors examine how the old migrants have attempted to come to terms with living in a multicultural society that has been constructed in the image of the state, and how the new migrants will reshape that society in the course of their ongoing politics of identity.

Author : Peidong Yang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137591432

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International Mobility and Educational Desire by Peidong Yang Pdf

This book examines the Singapore government’s controversial practice of recruiting students from China and granting them full scholarships on the condition of a service “bond”. It offers detailed ethnographic accounts of the Chinese “foreign talent” students’ educational and cross-cultural experiences in Singapore to illustrate the complex intersections between international mobility and educational desire. In doing so, the book presents contemporary Singapore society’s concerns over immigration and cross-cultural encounters from a unique perspective.

Author : matteo villa
Publisher : Ledizioni
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788855262026

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The Future of Migration to Europe by matteo villa Pdf

Even as the 2013-2017 “migration crisis” is increasingly in the past, EU countries still struggle to come up with alternative solutions to foster safe, orderly, and regular migration pathways, Europeans continue to look in the rear-view mirror.This Report is an attempt to reverse the perspective, by taking a glimpse into the future of migration to Europe. What are the structural trends underlying migration flows to Europe, and how are they going to change over the next two decades? How does migration interact with specific policy fields, such as development, border management, and integration? And what are the policies and best practicies to manage migration in a more coherent and evidence-based way?

Author : Jeffrey G. Reitz,Raymond Breton,Karen Kisiel Dion,Kenneth L. Dion
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402099588

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Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion by Jeffrey G. Reitz,Raymond Breton,Karen Kisiel Dion,Kenneth L. Dion Pdf

Does multiculturalism ‘work’? Does multiculturalism policy create social cohesion, or undermine it? Multiculturalism was introduced in Canada in the 1970s and widely adopted internationally, but more recently has been hotly debated, amid new concerns about social, cultural, and political impacts of immigration. Advocates praise multiculturalism for its emphasis on special recognition for cultural minorities as facilitating their social integration, while opponents charge that multiculturalism threatens social cohesion by encouraging social isolation. Multiculturalism is thus rooted in a theory of human behaviour, and this book examines the empirical validity of some of its basic propositions, focusing on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made. The analysis draws on the massive national Ethnic Diversity Survey of over 41,000 Canadians in 2002, the most extensive survey yet conducted on this question. The analysis provides a new and more nuanced understanding of the complex relation between multiculturalism and social cohesion, challenging uncritically optimistic or pessimistic views. Ethnic community ties facilitate some aspects of social integration, while discouraging others. For racial minorities, relations within and outside minority communities are greatly complicated by more frequent experiences of discrimination and inequality, slowing processes of social integration. Implications for multicultural policies emphasize that race relations present important challenges across Quebec and the rest of Canada, including for the new religious minorities, and that ethnic community development requires more explicit support for social integration.

Author : Manolo I. Abella,August Gächter,Juliet Tschank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Foreign workers
ISBN : 9810930682

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A Triple Win in Migration by Manolo I. Abella,August Gächter,Juliet Tschank Pdf

Author : Zhongshan Yue,Shuzhuo Li,Marcus W Feldman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814641678

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Social Integration of Rural-Urban Migrants in China by Zhongshan Yue,Shuzhuo Li,Marcus W Feldman Pdf

' This book focuses on rural-urban migrants in China. They are one of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the country but are essential to the country''s industrialization and urbanization. Integration of these migrants into urban societies is an urgent issue facing Chinese policy makers. The book provides an updated, systematic, empirically rich, and multifaceted analysis of migrant integration, its determinants and consequences in China. It integrates insights from the perspective of sociology, population studies, social psychology, and public health to help us understand how and why migrants integrate, the role of migrant networks in social integration, and the relationship between integration of migrants and their mental health and settlement intentions. Contents:IntroductionLiterature ReviewConcept Construction, Operationalization, and Current Status of Social Integration of Rural–Urban MigrantsMigrant Network and Social Integration: A Migrant–Resident Tie PerspectiveSocial Integration and Mental HealthSocial Integration and Intentions of Rural–Urban MigrantsConclusions and Perspectives Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduate students, professionals and policy makers interested in social integration of rural-urban migrant workers in China, and China's modernization. Key Features:Provides a grassroots perspective for researchers and the general public to understand China's developmentConducts a new, comprehensive multidimensional analysis of social integration of rural-urban migrant workersOffers predictions as to how millions of migrants will integrate socially and economically into the urban settingKeywords:Social Integration;Rural-Urban Migrant Workers;Migrant Networks;Mental Health;Settlements Intentions;Sociology'

Author : Mathews Mathew,Melvin Tay
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811235511

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Religion & Identity Politics: Global Trends And Local Realities by Mathews Mathew,Melvin Tay Pdf

Discourse on fundamentalism has gained much attention in recent years, particularly in a post-9/11 context where extremist or terrorist threats are more prominent, perilous, and pervasive. This edited volume seeks to spotlight the perspectives of academics and practitioners vis-à-vis global trends in religious fundamentalism and right-wing extremism over the past decade. It presents a collection of works from notable academics and practitioners; including a selection of case studies from Asia to illustrate the contemporary interplay of religion, politics and identity; alongside broader global trends of religious fundamentalism.The chapters that follow attempt to trace the sources and factors that led to the dramatic rise in these powerful forces of faith, which influence societies and politics around the world. Together, they present a carefully curated narrative of the interplay of religion and identity politics globally and across Asia. The prevailing differences in demographics, history and the extent of ethno-religious diversity across country contexts are perused across each chapter, and the ensuing circumstances deliberated upon.As these circumstances change, the ways people interpret their identities, engage in politics, and navigate their religion will also evolve. How we manage the effects of religious fundamentalism must hence begin with an understanding of how religion, identity, and politics interact — and this is what the upcoming chapters seek to illustrate.

Author : Md Mizanur Rahman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811038587

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Bangladeshi Migration to Singapore by Md Mizanur Rahman Pdf

This book examines international labour migrants in the context of South–South migration with a focus on Bangladeshi migration to Singapore. Two principal questions in the South–South migration are addressed: Why and how individuals migrate for work; and what impact this temporary form of migration has for migrants and their families. The book adopts a relatively new methodological approach to labour migration by linking different phases that migrants undergo in the migration process and by combining migrants in the host country with their families in the origin country. This is achieved through identifying and addressing six key areas: (i) migration policy, (ii) social imperatives of migration (iii) recruitment, (iv) social worlds of the migrants, (v) remittance process, and finally, (vi) family development dynamics. This book introduces the bari to migration research as a unit of analysis over and above individual and family units. The book reveals how social and cultural forces both initiate and perpetuate migration, and later on influence bari dynamics.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on High-Skilled Immigration Policy and the Global Competition for Talent
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309337823

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Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on High-Skilled Immigration Policy and the Global Competition for Talent Pdf

The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than they do in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, these immigrants have an important role in spurring innovation and economic growth in all countries and filling shortages in the domestic labor supply. This report summarizes the proceedings of a Fall 2014 workshop that focused on how immigration policy can be used to attract and retain foreign talent. Participants compared policies on encouraging migration and retention of skilled workers, attracting qualified foreign students and retaining them post-graduation, and input by states or provinces in immigration policies to add flexibility in countries with regional employment differences, among other topics. They also discussed how immigration policies have changed over time in response to undesired labor market outcomes and whether there was sufficient data to measure those outcomes.

Author : Corrado Bonifazi
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789053568941

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International Migration in Europe by Corrado Bonifazi Pdf

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Author : Norman Vasu,Su Yin Yeap,Wen Ling Chan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9089646655

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Immigration in Singapore by Norman Vasu,Su Yin Yeap,Wen Ling Chan Pdf

This book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants.

Author : Selvaraj Velayutham
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789812304216

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Responding to Globalization by Selvaraj Velayutham Pdf

Investigates the Singapore Government's approach to the construction of national identity. This book focuses on the global/national nexus: the tensions between the necessity to embrace the global to ensure economic survival, yet needing a committed population to support the perpetuation of the nation-state and its economic success.