Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of Contributors ix
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. PART I: RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
7. 2. Managing Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Singapore 19
8. 3. Christian Activism in Singapore 36
9. 4. Rising Conservatism in the Singapore Malay-Muslim Community: Worrying Times Ahead? 56
10. PART II: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
11. 5. “New” Chinese Immigrants in Singapore: Localization, Transnational Ties and Integration 77
12. 6. Singapore Malays: State-Community Relations, Complexities and Possibilities 91
13. 7. “What Kind of Indian Are You?”: Frictions and Fractures Between Singaporean Indians and Foreign-Born NRIs 110
14. PART III: POLITICAL DIVIDES AND A DIVIDED POLITY
15. 8. Protest and the Culture War in Singapore 129
16. 9. The People’s Action Party in Government: The Pole for “Big Tent” Singapore 148
17. 10. The Burdens of Ethnicity: Chinese Communities in Singapore and Their Relations with China 165
18. PART IV: DIVERGING ECONOMIC WORLDS
19. 11. Self-Reliant Wealth and Trickle-Down Welfare: The Singapore Story in 200 Years? 189
20. 12. The Future of the Middle Class in Singapore: 2020 and Beyond 207
21. 13. Geographic-Ethnic Segregation in Singapore: Emerging Schisms in Society 231
22. 14. Ageing Societies, Age-Inclusive Spaces and Community Bonding 248
23. Index 259